How to Read for Free
Sometimes your cash flow doesn’t support your book habit. What’s a reader to do? Fear not. In this blog post, I tell you three ways to get that free novel you want. And, since I’m an author, those three ways will help authors too. Win-win, right? Read on and find out.
The Witch of the Isle
All across the Isle Brevelle, Lysiane Fontenot is rumored to be a witch. She knows better, but the mystique aids helps her faith-healing business, a business with strict rules. In this first chapter of my novel Witch of the Isle, you get to meet Lysiane Fontenot and some of the other Louisiana natives that bring this novel to life. Dark, brooding, but with moments of humor and outright delight, this newest novel captures some family history in a Southern Louisianan tale of overcoming obstacles and finding one’s place in a world that so often seems to leave people behind.
Character Interview: Larken Marche
Madeline Stonewell interviews Larken Marche, the protagonist of the Virtual Wars series and general bada$$ at the sport of lofting in 2201.
5 Reasons That Sequel is Delayed
…and What You Can Do About It
You’re reading along that new first-in-series that you purchased, and decide that you love the characters enough to commit to the long haul: you buy the sequel. But wait, that’s not the last one either, so you go out searching for the third installment only to find that it doesn’t exist. The author, for whatever reason, hasn’t gotten around to publishing that last book. Why not?
That’s super-frustrating, though as an author myself, I understand why we sometimes have to delay. There are other reasons, but these are the top 5 that I could think of that have impacted my own writing.
A Foodie’s Guide to Reading
So you like what you like, and don’t like what you don’t, right? I thought so too. But when I made the decision to read outside of my normal genre, and far from my normal cadre of favorite authors, I discovered some truly remarkable authors who now number among my favorites. You never know…your next favorite book could be something you would never read unless you intentionally push yourself out of your comfort zone.
Wining about Writing
Forty plums, a massive bucket, yeast, and three pounds of sugar can produce four bottles of sweet, delicious plum wine. I’ve done this from using plums from my plum tree in my yard. It doesn’t really take much by way of ingredients. But how many people would know how to combine these to create a drinkable wine?
Novel writing is like that. You take a stack of paper, a pen, and that’s basically all you need to write a novel. But if you hand all of that to the first person you meet at happy hour or in your economics class, you’re probably not going to get that novel you’re looking for: not even if they actually do try to write one. Why not?