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.…
A hitchhiker, a man with no face, a car crash victim, an out-of-work actor, and Death himself all play a part in the macabre stories in this book.
