Every Friday, now known as “Fiction Friday,” I will post a new installment of my serial novel, The Kiss of Life. New to the series? Learn more and get started with the Prologue. The Kiss of Life Chapter 1--The Politics of Family Present Day Upper East Side, Manhattan, NY There's something about New York in [...]
My brother and I grew up as best friends. We did everything together, from playing make believe games to combining my Barbies with his G.I. Joe men in order to storm the Barbie Dreamhouse. Ken was such a wuss. As we aged, our games became more complex. We created elaborate missions as spies. Our most [...]
Every Friday, now known as “Fiction Friday,” I will post a new installment of my serial novel, The Kiss of Life. Based loosely on the story of Sleeping Beauty, this is a dark YA urban fantasy/paranormal romance set in modern times. This is not a professionally edited novel, and may go through major changes during the [...]
I was recently introduced to the controversy that is the NY Times bestselling book, Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James. According to this article, 50 Shades started as Twilight fan-fiction with an erotic bent. If Twilight were the PG-13 love story, 50 Shades would be the X-Rated erotica version. Apparently, James took her fan-fic, [...]
I'm excited to welcome to my blog Andy Gavin, author of The Darkening Dream, a chilling, new, dark fantasy novel that is FREE today only on Amazon! In this post, Andy sheds some light on the magic system and world he has created. ~~~ In constructing The Darkening Dream I wanted the meta-story to play [...]
Help me solve this mystery and win a signed paperback copy of your choice of Forbidden Mind, Forbidden Fire (in about a month) or Bits of You & Pieces of Me. I'll also throw in some Three Lost Kids and Forbidden bookmarks! Here's the mystery: The world of my Forbidden trilogy had me completely absorbed [...]
As some of you know, my daughter Lexie and I are both allergic to gluten, a protein found in wheat, barley, rye, malts and more. It hides in sauces as a thickening agent and cloaks itself in soups and dressings. It's hard to avoid and takes a lot of planning to eat well without it. [...]
Okay, I don't actually have any proof that Harry Potter broke Amazon yesterday, but it was a pretty dramatic day over all. Evolved Publishing planned a BIG promotional event for March 27th, 2012. They planned to give away, for FREE, 9 books and 3 short stories, including two of my books: Forbidden Mind and Lexie [...]
She reads minds. He controls minds. Together, they might get out alive. Forbidden Mind is FREE and Forbidden Fire is HERE! Everyone loves to dabble in the forbidden, which is why Evolved Publishing is giving you a free teaser into my award-winning Forbidden Trilogy. On Tuesday, March 27th, Forbidden Mind, a YA paranormal thriller/romance and [...]
As part of the YA Indie Carnival this week, we are writing about characters from our books who would be the ultimate competitors in the HUNGER GAMES. This one is so easy, it's almost embarrassing. Drake, from the Forbidden Trilogy, would obviously kick major butt in The Hunger Games, especially if Sam's life were on [...]
