Starlog

Deepening the story in a second book: A Review of Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard

Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard (Paperback) This is book two of the Red Queen series. It chronicles the search for more Red-blooded people with powers, hoping to find them before the new king, Maven, finds them first and kills them. We also see our Main character’s struggle between her feelings for Cal and old feelings… Read more

June 17, 2016
An underused element in writing: THE SETTING. But how do we unleash the full power of setting in our stories? @AngelaAckerman

As we storytellers sit before the keyboard to craft our magic, we’re usually laser-focused on the two titans of fiction: plot and character. Yet, there’s a third element that impacts almost every aspect of the tale, one we really need to home in on as well: the setting. The setting is so much more than… Read more

June 13, 2016
Take me away to a new world! A review of Starflight by @Melissa_Landers

Starflight by Melissa Landers (Audiobook) In this science fiction adventure, Humans have inhabited worlds far beyond our galaxy. A young orphan girl, hoping to erase past mistakes, sells herself as a six-month indentured servant in exchange for passage to the outer realm, where she can work as a mechanic and start a new life. Things… Read more

June 10, 2016
Is writing really a solitary endeavor? It doesn’t have to be. Maybe it shouldn’t be.

I am running across more and more articles that talk about writing being a solitary endeavor. I see how it CAN be lonely… but really, it doesn’t have to be that way. Yes, to an extent you need to write on your own (Unless two or more authors write a book together, but I’m not… Read more

June 6, 2016
Fifteen year old reviewer talks about In the Shadow of the Dragon King by @jkellerford

My oldest son reviews In the Shadow of the Dragon King. I Wish I had a tape recorder on while he was reading over the past few weeks to catch all his comments along the way… Very refreshing as my picky reader has DNF’ed half the books I’ve given him lately. Apparently, he’s very into knights and… Read more

June 3, 2016
A Debut Novelist’s Journey to Self-Publish “The Hereafter” by Jessica Bucher

I try to be open to all sorts of publishing options. Today I invited Jessica Bucher to the author’s den to discuss her journey to becoming self-published. And here we go! Jessica, this is your debut novel. Describe your journey to publication and what made you decide on self-publishing. Wow. What a journey! First of all,… Read more

May 30, 2016