Wren took some time away from the keyboard and chatted about her latest book, Alt Vegas: Nuclear Dreams Alt Vegas. What’s it about and how did it all begin? It began during the end tail of our COVID experience. And sunk under post-pandemic COVID-19 inertia for the longest time. So when I finished it, it…
We read Revenant-X and wholeheartedly recommend it. We read and loved the first book in the Red Space trilogy, so we were hankering for book two to arrive. We waited and waited, and at last, we got our hands on book two, Revenant-X. Alexandra Petrova is back, with pilot and love interest Parker. Dr. Zhang,…
Are you looking for a creature/horror/pandemic novel? If so, this is the book for you! While looking for a book that would fill that hollow spot in my heart that clamored for blood and gore, I searched for something in horror with a zombies-ish or pandemic-ish theme. I filtered the search for results from around…
Writers who sit for too much of their working day can harm their health. Simple exercise and walking can help maintain a healthy body and mind. Writers who sit for too much of their working day can seriously harm their health. Sitting for long periods of time can have a negative impact on your health.…
Not all the writing tips you hear or read about are good for your writing. Editor and writer Stephanie Hoogstad gives you some advice on which are good to Ignore. So many writers like to give advice about writing—myself included. After a while, all the advice seems to run together because a lot of it…
If you want to give your prose a bloody nose, kneecap it and keep it from grabbing your reader’s attention and goodwill, use adverbs.But if you want your readers to love and respect you, don’t use them! Adverbs are words that modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs. They can be used, but really, you shouldn’t.…
Felix had solved the mystery, which would satisfy the legate’s orders. He knew the thief’s opportunity, means, and even had a witness. But, not the motive, and he was a curious man. As he pushed his nervous horse alongside the column of legionnaires, the first rain of a promised storm began to fall. The dark…