Category: Opening the Vein
Desiree Finkbeiner on The Beginning of Ethos: Morning Star
Please welcome Desiree Finkbeiner author of the fantasy novel Ethos: Morning Star and Graphic Designer, who willingly subjected herself to being my first torture subject…errr…guest 🙂 Keeping with the Theme of Beginnings – here’s what Desiree has to say about writing the Beginning of Ethos. Raven: Did you have issues with it? How do you handle writing your openings? […]
Writing Beginnings – Opening Sentence
Gone are the days of slowly oozing out a beginning with frilly descriptions of the skyline, weather (unless it’s dramatic weather!) or lazily droning about a character’s description and backstory. And thankfully so! How very dull. In today’s world of fiction authors must hook their reader (remember, editors are readers too!) with the first sentence. Some fine examples: “Quinn had […]
Book Review – Unlimited by Jillian Michaels
Title: Unlimited Author: Jillian Michaels Genre: Non-Fiction Publisher: Three Rivers Press Series: No Rating: 5 bats Heat Level: n/a Wow. This should be mandatory reading material! I read this book last year and am refreshing myself with it this year. It is amazingly inspiring without the pander or excuses a lot of self-help gurus tend to spiel. I love […]
Book Review – Sea Witch by Virginia Kantra
Title: Sea Witch Author: Virginia Kantra Genre: Paranormal Romance Publisher: Berkley Sensation Series: Yes, The Children of the Sea Rating: 5 bats Heat Level: 4 flames – saucy but not overly graphic. I was unsure if I’d like this novel because though I’m a monster/creature addict selkies aren’t among my list of most intriguing creatures. What a delight however […]
Primal Slated for Summer 2012 Release!
Primal, Book one of the gritty and saucy urban fantasy Vengeance Series, is set for release in summer of 2012! Brought to you by Hydra Publications!