Title: Cloven
Author: Georgeann Swiger
Series: Trinity of Souls
Published by: Georgeann Swiger
Date published: Oct. 21, 2014
Genres: NA Fantasy
Book Length: 267 pg
Steam Rating: Steamy
Main Characters: Anya & Micah
Between Heaven and Hell, lies forbidden love…
“Swiger has a little bit of ‘dark’ in her writing, her visual interpretations are vivid, and I feel the gloom and doom underneath the sticky sweet moments that show her ability to juxtapose emotions.”
~Dylan Quinn
How I Stopped Pantsing, Started Plotting, and Wrote Four Novels in a Year
by Amy Patrick
I completed my first novel in 2010, pantsing my way from Chapter One through The End. When I sat down to write each night, I had no idea what was going to happen next. It was exciting and fun. It took me six months of writing three hours a night, five nights a week to finish that book, a YA fantasy that became a 2013 RWA Golden Heart finalist. That’s the good news.
The bad news? I had to rewrite that book several times over the course of two years before it was anywhere near good. Some of it was because it was my first book. Mostly it was because I knew nothing about story structure beyond what I’d gained through osmosis from voracious reading. And I didn’t know if I could ever repeat the process.
Title: Stolen Innocents
Author: Addison Kline
Series: Shadow Series (Book 2)
Publish Date: October 24th
Book Length: 464 pages
Rating: Sweet
Genre: Mystery/YA/NA
Main Characters: The Families of Elkhart
“I implore you to check this series out. You will NOT regret it – Addison Kline is one of the best.” – Jen
Title: Wild Addiction
Author: Emma Hart
Published: October 20, 2014
Series: Wild (Book 2)
Rating: Risqué
Genre: Adult/Erotica
Main Characters: Liv Warren & Tyler Stone
“It’s powerful and with the perfect touch of kink in it… It’s panty melting and sweat inducing…” ~Jen
Writing with Tropes
by Sara Jane Stone
Late one night, while rocking my daughter to sleep, I read an article about a young woman who’d served in the Army and returned home with a burning desire to embrace life. The article stuck with me, and idea for a character formed—Georgia Trulane, the first heroine in the FULL EXPOSURE: Book One: Independence Falls. I wanted to write about Georgia, but I didn’t have a story. Yet. Continue reading
When edits turn into a re-write.
By Alexia Adams
I don’t think there are many authors who enjoy the editing process. You submit a book that a publisher loves enough to acquire and then they ask you to change it, substantially sometimes. You’ve already written the best book you could, so what do you do? Continue reading
Title: The Year We Fell Down
Author: Sarina Bowen
Series: Ivy Years
Published by: Rennie Road Books
Date published: March 20, 2014
Genres: Contemporary, Sports
Book Length: 268 pages
Steam Rating: Steamy
Main Characters: Corey & Hartley
“These two have a relationship that goes far beyond the physical. Far beyond sex. Corey and Hartley are the definition of soul mates at it’s very core and I happily award them the MFEO stamp of approval!” ~Becca
My Writing Work Space
by Amalia Dillin
When writers talk about their work space, most of the time, they talk about their desks, their offices, their computers and their bookshelves. Do they keep these areas tidy and neat, or are they messy? What do they keep in that space for inspiration? Et cetera, et cetera. And that’s entirely reasonable. Writers need a space to sit and write, ultimately, and usually a room and space set apart from the rest of one’s daily life is conducive to productivity. But for me, the set up is a little bit different.
Title: The Understatement of the Year
Author: Sarina Bowen
Series: Ivy Years
Published by: Rennie Road Books
Date published: Sept. 29, 2014
Genres: LGBT, Contemporary, Sports
Book Length: 281 pages
Steam Rating: Steamy
Main Characters: Graham & Rikker
“I cannot get over how well written this story was. It was so realistic, so raw and so emotional that once I got started reading it I just couldn’t stop.” ~Becca
