Category: books

June 2016 Novel & Short Story Winners

1st CHAPTER and FULL NOVEL FESTIVAL: https://novelwritingfestival.com/

Watch the June 2016 Winning Novel & Short Story Performance Readings. All stories read and performed by professional actors:

May 2016 Novel & Short Story Winners

1st CHAPTER and FULL NOVEL FESTIVAL: https://novelwritingfestival.com/

Watch the May 2016 Winning Novel & Short Story Performance Readings. All stories read and performed by professional actors:

Watch Chapter 1 Transcript Reading: Water for Blood by Brett Bacon

Watch the May 2016 Winning Novel Transcript Reading. BUY Novels on Amazon by Brett Bacon Watch Water for Blood: Transcript reading performed by actor Sean Kaufman Get to know writer Brett Bacon: 1. What is your novel about? In “Water for Blood,” when a young woman escapes from an oppressive cult that is a front for… Continue reading Watch Chapter 1 Transcript Reading: Water for Blood by Brett Bacon

Excerpt from TJ’S LAST SUMMER IN CAPE COD by GARFIELD WHYTE

TJ (Taj James) an 18 year old high school basketball star wants to make this summer his best ever, before he leaves to take up his college basketball scholarship, but he needs help. So, he rolls the dice and calls on his 55 year old Uncle Peter, a womanizer par excellence, to help him with those plans. TJ has secrets for Uncle Peter so TJ was very sure his uncle would do anything for him, as his uncle’s promises seemed more sacred than wedding vows. As summer rolled along TJ is forced to make decisions whether to be a good boy or to practice some of the lessons his uncle is teaching him. Was it worth it when summer ended? That will depend on whose side you are on.

Interview with Novelists Adam Steven Page (A Victim of the Times)

Adam Steven Page has been fond of film and literature for as long as he can remember, what better to do than write his own novel. In early 2015 he penned his debut ‘A Victim of the Times’. Despite being born and raised and still living in the UK, Adam has written in an American… Continue reading Interview with Novelists Adam Steven Page (A Victim of the Times)

Interview with Novelist Laurie Buchanan (Note to Self: A Seven-Step Path to Gratitude and Growth)

For the past fifteen years Laurie Buchanan has worked as a holistic health practitioner and transformational life coach. Embracing the philosophy that “whatever you are not changing, you are choosing,” Buchanan has helped hundreds of clients turn intention into action, bridging the gap between where they are and where they want to be—body, mind, and… Continue reading Interview with Novelist Laurie Buchanan (Note to Self: A Seven-Step Path to Gratitude and Growth)

Interview with Novelist Rosie Chapel (The Pomegranate Tree)

Having developed an abiding love for anything connected to Ancient Rome, Rosie Chapel decided channel her passion into fiction, which culminated in her first novel ‘The Pomegranate Tree’. Based around archaeological excavations on Masada, this is book one in the ‘Hannah’s Heirloom’ sequence. The sequel ‘Echoes and Stone and Fire’ has recently been released, with… Continue reading Interview with Novelist Rosie Chapel (The Pomegranate Tree)

Interview with Novelist Steven Spellman (My Name is Legion)

You should never judge a book by its cover. As well, you should never judge a writer by his bio. With that being said, Steven Spellman is writer for readers who enjoy simply told stories, stories of lust, of deception, stories of redemption, of love. Stories of horrors beneath the waning moon, of joys beneath… Continue reading Interview with Novelist Steven Spellman (My Name is Legion)

Interview with Novelist Tim Walker (Devil Gate Dawn)

Tim Walker was born in Hong Kong, grew up in Liverpool and studied in South Wales and Bristol, before moving to London where he worked in newspaper publishing for 10 years. By the mid-1990s he was ready for a new challenge and went to Zambia as a voluntary worker, running training courses in educational book publishing. … Continue reading Interview with Novelist Tim Walker (Devil Gate Dawn)