I hope all of you, my readers, have a wonderful 2025! For your writing prompts this month, you will get…
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The Marriage Pact is a thriller, but the deeper you get into the book, the more of a horror story it becomes. When you imagine you and your own spouse trapped in the exact situation that Alice and Jake are, it becomes terrifying. As a wedding gift, Alice and Josh receive an invitation to join…
Have you ever run across a word while reading a book that you are positive the author has used in the wrong way? Did you think to stop and look up all the meanings of the word? As a result of looking up words that I don’t understand in the books that I read, my…
The title of this book, One Shot At Love, makes it sound like it would be a romance story. This reader really isn’t fond of romance stories, but this book proved to be so much more. Yes, it is a romance story, but it is also about loyalty to one’s family, about Navy sharpshooters, and…
How do the authors keep the dates for each specific storyline straight? Why did they decide to introduce a character into the story who was an autistic savant? How do they choose to which people to dedicate each episode? How do you keep the dates for each specific storyline straight? I find myself having to…
In episodes 16, 17, and 18 of the Onyx Webb series, family secrets are revealed as is the identity of a serial killer. People’s pasts are beginning to catch up with them and so are the terrible things they have done. The book opens with the introduction of a new character, Newt Drystad. An autistic…
Growing up, I was an avid reader and writer. As long as I had a pen and paper or a book, I was happy. I loved doing homework, writing notes in class, or corresponding with various pen pals from around the world (pre-computer). In high school, I scored a 3.5 – 4 on a West…
Did the author write about how Emily made her herbal remedies from her own knowledge or did she have to research how they are made? If she could choose to spend one hour with any person, dead or alive, whom would she choose? If she had the chance to have dinner with one of the…
The Blue Hour is a gripping and emotional historical fiction book, a story of romance, the story of a woman who is deceived into marrying an abuser, the story of how she survives the relationship, and the story of how she moves on. Emily’s first true love was ripped out of her life due to…
Is the frozen form of water ice or ayes? If a person is lazy, is he idle, idol, or idyll? Is a poem an idol, idle, or idyll? Would one walk down an I’ll, an isle, or an aisle? Does a magician perform an illusion or an allusion? I, aye, ay I is the nominative…
I recently released the second installment of my dystopian trilogy Outpost, and Lisa, the owner of this website, was kind enough to review it. Halfway through reading it, she sent me a message congratulating me on having reached the conspiracy theorist reader segment so well. I’d written a real bonafide government cover-up conspiracy story. It…
How did the Ebola virus come to be in the rain that poured down? Who exactly is John Doe? Are aliens really behind everything that is going on? And since there are no children left, is there any hope for the survival of mankind? From aliens and deadly rains to mad and deranged power-hungry scientists,…
Why, after all this time, is the name of Edgar Allan Poe synonymous with tales of horror and suspense? His most popular works have never been out of print and have been translated into all the world’s major languages. During his life, Edgar Allan Poe was plagued by many problems. This troubled man still wrote…
These life mysteries are awesome! Each of these stories is a slice of life with the little mysteries that we encounter. The absurd, the comical, and the mysterious aspects of life are presented. Some of these stories are sad enough to bring you to tears. Others are serious enough to cause one to ponder the…
Don Quixote is at times referred to as the first modern European novel. It has been translated into almost every major language. This makes it one of the most widely distributed books, second only to the Bible. Many years ago when I was in school, I read Don Quixote. I remember the story being about…
When I first came up with the idea for the Mrs. B series, I knew Mrs. B would be Polish. My mum and my grandma both grew up in a little Pittsburgh neighborhood called Polish Hill, a microcosm of the “old country.” In Polish Hill, school lessons were in Polish, as was Sunday Mass, and…
Polish Mrs. B is elderly and leads a quiet life in her neighborhood. She interacts with her friends at St. Mary’s Senior Citizen Center, has lunch in the afternoons with friends, and spends quiet evenings at home with her coffee, books, or the movie channel. Wearing her babushka and comfortable shoes, Mrs. B might possibly…
A thunderstorm produces heavy rain and it accompanied by thunder and lightning. At times, it also produces hail and heavy, damaging winds. They are a force of nature, and when conditions are right, they unleash their fury. Unstable air or air that is heavy with water—wind will pick up water from the ground or a…
My first experience with night terrors was at the young age of ten. I remember coming home from a long day of playing at the pool. There’s definitely something to be said about being in the water all day with the sun beating down; it always drained the energy right from me. I recall going…
When you look at any picture, do you only see what is right in front of your eyes? Or do you see more? Maybe you can see romance. Or maybe you are someone who reads mystery, intrigue, or even horror into everything you see. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but it…
Does the author believe that shapeshifters live among us? Has this author ever worked in a library? How does she feel about the existence of dog farms? How did she choose such awesome names for her characters? What advice does she have for writers? What was your inspiration for The Shapeshifters’ Library Series? I wanted…
A story for young and old alike, Recovered: The Shapeshifters’ Library Book 3 takes place in a fantasy world full of dog-shifters, libraries, and books. The characters’ names—such as Sybilla Dinzelbacher Romano, Ms. Robin Quail-Bore, and Digby Manchester Dinzelbacher—are humorous as are the actions of the ones bearing those names. Shipsfeather Public Library has a…
What is eBookBetty? Who is the founder of this site? Why was this site started? Of what benefit is this site to authors and to readers? What genre of books are accepted by eBookBetty? First of all, for those who are unfamiliar with sites like yours, I suppose we should clarify—what service does your site…
What was the inspiration for this series? How much research did he have to do on medieval words and dialogue? Why are songs and music such a vital part of the story? What advice does he have for writers who aren’t yet published? What was your inspiration for this series? I’ve been a huge fantasy…
Crowns of Silver & Ash: Book I: The Seven Stars is a fantasy lover’s dream book. Fantastic characters—some of them completely human, some not so human, and some magical—pull you into the story and make it hard to pull away from. Starting with the first sentence, the words flowed smoothly together as though they had…
