The Zenn Blog-a-palooza Tour
Guest post by Christian Schoon, author of Zenn Scarlett. So, why is the heroine of my book an exoveterinarian specializing in the treatment of big, dangerous alien animals? This question calls for some quick background. After our house burned down…
Among Others
Among Others Blog Tour: Review + Giveaway Magic isn’t inherently evil. But it does seem to be terribly bad for people. Mori is one half of twins. After she loses her sister, she runs away from her home in South…
Q+A with C.W. Gortner
The Queen’s Vow Blog Tour C.W. Gortner is the author of six historical fiction novels, the latest of which is The Queen’s Vow, published this month in paperback by Hodder & Stoughton. The novel follows the life of young Isabella…
The Confidant
When Camille receives a letter describing events from pre-war France, she is sure that the writer has got the wrong address. When the letters continue to arrive, she starts to suspect one of her authors, pitching a new novel in…
Q+A with Cassandra Rose Clarke
Blog Tour + Giveaway Today The Assassin’s Curse Blog Tour is stopping by and the lovely Cassandra Rose Clarke answers my questions on writing, pirates and camels. If you haven’t done so already, you can read an extract here and…
Monomania
Guest post by Evie Manieri, author of Blood’s Pride. Early on in Hitchcock’s film adaptation of Daphne Du Maurier’s Rebecca, the unnamed heroine tells Mr. deWinter about her father, an artist who mostly painted the same tree, over and over…
Kick-starting my imagination: the adrenalin of inspiration
Guest post by Benjamin J. Myers, author of The Bad Tuesdays series. The Spiral Horizon Blog Tour + Giveaway What’s the use of inspiration if it depends entirely on the mood swings of a despotic goddess or the temperamental engagement…
What is Visionary Fiction?
Guest post by Michael Sussman, author of Crashing Eden. When I first heard the term visionary fiction, what came to mind were such literary giants of the past as Dante, Milton, Goethe, Blake, and Whitman. Each of these authors bends…
Kingdom Blog Tour: Sci-Fi in the City
Guest post by Anderson O’Donnell Author’s note: Thanks to everyone who has been following the Kingdom blog tour. And, to the bloggers who have graciously hosted my tour, please know how much I appreciate your participation. The following post talks…
Saving June Blog Tour
Review and author interview: Harper’s world is turned upside down when her older sister, June commits suicide. She was always the popular, pretty one, with her old life ahead of her. Harper is just normal. To top it off, her…