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2017 – Read the best of THRILLER/SUSPENSE Novel Stories from around the world:

Browse through these best of stories in the THRILLER/SUSPENSE genre and see where you can read the best of new novels from around the world.  DEADLY SERIOUS, by A.J. Thibault THE KINGS OF PROPHECY, by Ricky Stahl CURSE STORY, by Melouka Khadir RESCUE BY A KISS, by Colleen Mooney THE DEVIL’S DAMSEL, by Ronald E.… Continue reading 2017 – Read the best of THRILLER/SUSPENSE Novel Stories from around the world:

2017 – Read the best of MYSTERY Novel Stories from around the world:

Browse through these best of stories in the MYSTERY genre and see where you can read the best of new novels from around the world.  MURDER-GO-ROUND, by Phillip E. Hardy THE BLOOD SPANGLED BANNER, by Barbara Schlichting THE SHAPE OF US, by Yvonne Rediger THE RISHIS BOOK OF SECRETS, by Robert Delgado STARFALL, by John… Continue reading 2017 – Read the best of MYSTERY Novel Stories from around the world:

2017 – Read the best of DRAMA Novel Stories from around the world:

Browse through these best of stories in the DRAMA genre and see where you can read the best of new novels from around the world.  LADY JOE, by Mark Saha KILLING IS A SIN, by Christopher J. Harvie THUNDERCLOUD, by Ronald Joseph Kule ARA, by Haidar Hashim IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, by Allyson… Continue reading 2017 – Read the best of DRAMA Novel Stories from around the world:

Prologue & Chapter 1 Reading of BODIE by Anne Sweazy Kulju

Performed by Val Cole Get to know the writer:  What is your short story about? A woman’s murder in the most violent town in our nation’s history…Bodie, California. What genres would you say this story is in? Western/Historical Fiction/Paranormal How would you describe this story in two words? Paranormal Western What movie have you seen… Continue reading Prologue & Chapter 1 Reading of BODIE by Anne Sweazy Kulju

Novel Transcript Reading: Courage the Mouse, by Cornelia Fick

  Performed by Laura Kyswaty  Get to know the writer: What is your story story about? Thank you for the opportunity to talk about myself J. This is actually a story about following your destiny. What genres would you say this story is in? It’s a children’s story for ages 7-11 How would you describe… Continue reading Novel Transcript Reading: Courage the Mouse, by Cornelia Fick

Short Story Reading: NOISES IN THE CEMETERY by Mari Tamez.

  Performed by Laura Kyswaty  Get to know the writer: What is your story story about? My story is about the spinetingling events that took place in a cemetery before the embalmment process was universally practiced. These events were witnessed by my grandfather, a gravedigger, during the Great Depression. What genres would you say this… Continue reading Short Story Reading: NOISES IN THE CEMETERY by Mari Tamez.

Chapter 1 Novel Reading: Briar Earth, by Paul Tapp

Performed by Val Cole Get to know the writer: What is your novel about? Reluctance, tradition and coincidence. They bring together as princess and escort, an opiniative ‘silly girl’ and a ‘handsome captain’, who fails his diplomatic mission to keep her silent on contentious matters at her fox-hunting debut. A puppy hound and a missing… Continue reading Chapter 1 Novel Reading: Briar Earth, by Paul Tapp

My Novel Writing Secret – Shhh Don’t Tell

Originally posted on Blissful Scribbles:
I have a secret, a big, fat, secret. It’s increased my daily word count by a third. Do you want to know what it is? Then read on… I stopped writing my novel weeks ago. What? How can you have an amazing word count and have stopped writing, you ask? Let…

Illustrations in Novels

Originally posted on Dave Astor on Literature:
When kids graduate from picture books to eventually read grown-up fiction, they don’t always have to give up visual images. As we all know, some adult novels include illustrations. I thought about this while currently reading Czech author Jaroslav Hasek’s The Good Soldier Svejk, which has drawings every…