Starlog

  • Handling accurate historical attitudes in a millennial feminist world with @AuthorCKBrooke

    Today we’re welcoming author C.K. Brook, speaking about the touchy topic of feminism in historicals. Welcome C.K.! Make no mistake, I consider myself a feminist. I’m not old enough to have fought for it; I was simply fortunate enough to have been born into a nation and generation where the idea that I could grow… Read more

  • Let’s Get Wrecked! (Or Maybe Not) A Review of Wrecked by Sherilee Gray

    Wrecked by Sherilee Gray (Ebook) I need to give this book three stars and I feel really bad about it. The author is a very talented writer. The words stream freely and are easy to read, and everything about the story “flows”. However, I think this book was a poor match of reader to novel.… Read more

  • Anatomy of three very similar rejection letters

    Recently, a friend of mine asked for some help after receiving two very similar rejections letters. Up until this point, she had received many stock “No thanks” responces, or the dreaded crickets in the email (as in no response at all.) Every few months, she edited and sent out a new set of queries. Then,… Read more

  • Enter to win a $175 e-gift card to Barnes & Noble!

      Christmas is a time for giving. So her we come a-caroling! Some of my favorite author-friends and I have banded together to giveaway a $175 e-gift card to Barnes & Noble. Click on a Rafflecopter giveaway to enter. Would you like to find out more about the authors behind this giveaway? Jingle on over to… Read more

  • Using real-life fighter pilot experience in a fantasy novel

    My husband’s career as a fighter pilot for the USAF has heavily influenced the DRAGONRIDER CHRONCILES. When I was developing the series and figuring out the angle I wanted to take with Jaevid’s story, he had just begun his training in Wichita Falls, TX. We were young, newlyweds, and since I was raised in a… Read more

  • Because sometimes you just want a nice, light read… A review of Beastly by Alex Flinn

    Beastly by Alex Flinn (Ebook) A handsome, but arrogant son of an television news anchor is cursed by a witch and turned into a hideous beast. Terrified anyone will find out (thus ruining his career) the news anchor father sets him up in a lavish home with servants to wait on him, but he can… Read more