Cats are lovable, playful companions, and they each have their own personality. Cats all have a few things in common…
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Did the inspiration for this book have anything to do with jigsaw puzzles? How important to the success of a book is it to have a good editor? What advice does he have for authors that aren’t yet published? Was there a specific inspiration for this book? Years ago I lived in Ft. Lauderdale and…
Who out there doesn’t like to work puzzles? Dr. Frederick Rhineman loves jigsaw puzzles, so he creates a unique one of his own. I’m sure he must have gone to his grave laughing about the string of events his devious plan would set in motion. Dr. Rhineman, a brilliant chemist, claims to have developed a…
Lisa’s Writopia was created in February 2015. What are my all-time top ten articles? The ones listed below are the most popular articles on my website. Each title is a link to the article, and the first paragraph of each article is after its title. 1 – Confusing Words – Aah, Ah, Ahh, Aw, and…
Are you trying to figure out a crazy street name to use in your story? I’ve compiled a list of these for you to refer to for ideas, and the names of some streets are truly wacky. Most of these streets are located in the United States, but there are some that are in England…
𝑀𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝐵𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑘 showed us that aliens live among us disguised as humans.
Are you writing a mystery about cars? Or maybe you are a car fanatic. Have you ever thought about using a town with the name of a car in your story? Below you will find the list of towns that have the same name as automobiles. The states they’re in are listed in alphabetical order,…
Does ha-ha always mean laughter? What do you call someone who is a leech? What is the term for one who advocates equal rights for men? What else can goose flesh be called? ha-ha – Ha-ha is not always laughter, although if someone tripped because of your ha-ha, it would probably cause you, not the…
Jodie M. Swanson, a graduate from Owen-Withee High School, has served in the US Air Force and writes what her dreams tell her to. Sometimes she blurs the genre line when writing fantasy, paranormal, military/conspiracy, and alien contact. In her science fiction writing, she uses lots of real-life conversations and experiences. Her first work, Another…
Marshall Hail, an industrial billionaire and respected physicist, is a man on a mission. His mission turns to revenge though once his wife and twin daughters are killed by terrorists. Now his only desire is to kill the those responsible for taking his family from him. When a super rich and intelligent man wants to…
Trash cans haven’t always been around for families to dispose of their trash in. So what did they do with their garbage? That depended on where they lived. Farmers and their families turned food scraps into pig slop. Of course, pigs will eat anything, even dead bodies, so who knows what was fed to them.…
Have you ever wondered exactly what went on in heaven before Lucifer was cast out? What exactly did he do? Angel Warriors: Earthbound puts a story around those events. The series is fictional, but we will find out when we reach our eternal home just how close this author’s imagination took her to what really…
Why did I write The Angel Warriors series? That question, and any other question relating to writing, is never easy for me to answer because I never entertained the slightest notion of becoming a writer. Around 1974 or so, I became involved in various fandoms, and I wrote a fanzine story about a near-death experience.…
Each of the fourteen stories in this book by Dan HIlliard is short, to the point, and well-written. They will astonish you and possibly keep you awake if you start thinking about them when trying to go to sleep. The Stories: “My Dark Box” – A chilling tale of a deceived worker at a haunted house.…
Which of the characters in this book were real people and which ones came from the author’s imagination? How hard was it for the author to write in the dialect of a fifteen-year-old slave girl? Who is the one person, dead or alive, she would most like to spend one hour with? The Chronicles of…
Many of the experiences that Neffie went through were a combination of the things that my great-grandmothers and great-great-grandmothers went through. Although my parents and grandparents couldn’t recall all the slave master names and the people who played a pivotal role in my great-grandmothers’ and great-great-grandmothers’ lives, I took what information was given to me…
The Chronicles of Neffie is about a fifteen-year-old slave girl in Alabama in 1837. Told through her eyes and in her voice, this book will grab hold of you and not let go. You will experience her pains, her thoughts, her feelings, and her desires. Her biggest desire is to be free. If you want…
Shoebill murder birds don’t even look real to me, but they are. They can only be found in various parts of Africa. Their favorite places to hang out are in dense tropical marshes, swamps, and wetlands. So the chances of you running across this real-life hippogriff in a dark alley are nonexistent. That is comforting.…
In the fourth book of the Second Species series, love is in the air. This book focuses on Vlad and Andreas, the younger brothers of Marek Strigoi. Each one of them falls in love and want to marry. There is only one little problem; the females are human. Vampire law forbids marriage between mortals and…
When looking to describe something, such as loyalty, a grievance, etc, that is firmly implanted or established, it is tempting to say that it is deep-seeded. After all, a seed is buried deep beneath the dirt. Which of the following would be correct?A) Shelby’s hatred of mushrooms is deep-seated.B) Shelby’s hatred of mushrooms is deep-seeded.…
Well, here I am. Each day, I escape to another time period, sometimes even to another planet. This is the life of a writer. Hi, everyone. Today is not unlike most days. I’m busy editing, writing, and promoting my dystopian sci-fi and fantasy book series, Mystical Slayers. I grew up playing dungeons and dragons, and my…
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but it is up to the author to write those thousand words. (Richard Petracca) Will you be the one to write those thousand words? When you look at a picture, do you only see what is right in front of your eyes? Or do you see…
Betty has lost her mind. I’m not sure that she was ever sane. Of the opinion that everything and everyone in her life has always been against her, she resents those she calls the Beloveds, people that she feels have everything going their way and who are getting all the things that she deserves. When…
Have you ever walked around in Alabama with an ice cream cone in your back pocket? I hope you’ve not put salt on a railroad track while there either. When you were flying over Alaska, were you caught staring at a moose out of your plane window? Would you be brave enough—or stupid enough—to wake…
In just ten weeks, Kate McCall has used her acting expertise, her theatrical flair, and her dramatic savvy (her words) to solve not just one or two, but many cases. It all started when her father was found dead, tied to a chair with his eyes blown out. He left Kate his private detective business.…
