#IWSG: Awakening the Muse

Secrets revealed on #IWSG authors' trials and triumphs. February 5 question - Has a single photo or work of art ever inspired a story? What was it and did you finish it? The awesome co-hosts for the The awesome co-hosts for the February 5 posting of the #IWSG are Lee Lowery, Ronel Janse van Vuuren, Jennifer …

Introducing: Broken Windows

Partners in Crime is introducing Paul D. Marks' mystery/crime/thriller novel, Broken Windows. Broken Windows by Paul D. Marks October 30, 2018 Book Blast Synopsis:   While the storm rages over California’s notorious 1994 anti-illegal alien Proposition 187, a young woman climbs to the top of the famous Hollywood sign—and jumps to her death. An undocumented …

Islam is Complex

I was provided with a free copy of "What a Muslim Would Say Book 2", and "Interfaith Dialogue and Debates" in exchange for an honest review. Let me begin by verifying that I am not a Muslim. However, since writing a novel (Forbidden, by F. Stone) wherein the setting is the Middle East and most …

Book Review: The Former Assassin by Nikki Stern

Insecure Writer's Support Group - I'm back. For the last several months I've been reassessing, rebuilding, and paring down to what is important to me as a woman and as a writer. For a long while I had planned to drop the writing gig. A part of me was glad to be free of the …

Romance Under Fire – Returning to Blaze a New Trail

There are mega plans coming up. I could give you some hints, but you really don't want me to ruin the surprise, do you? One of activities I have missed doing is reading novels about to be launched, and posting my review. The first novel on my schedule (September 1st, 2018) is the Former Assassin …