Review of #YA #steampunk AUTOMATON, plus interview and bonus Chapter 1
A clockwork heart can’t replace the real thing.” ― Dru Pagliassotti, Clockwork Heart As a genre, I love steampunk’s science …
Category Archives: Author Interviews
#MagicRealism, #AlternateHistory or… Review of BLINSBY, plus interview & excerpt
Magic realism is a genre that I like better before and after (as opposed to during) the experience. Actually reading the book is work. Or maybe the hard work happens at the beginning, when you have to turn off all the ways you normally look at and think about the world.
Review of #YA #Fantasy #Quest THE BLACKWELL FAMILY SECRET, plus interview
I’ve never been a fan of blaming future generations for the sins of the fathers, but it’s a popular trope with certain gods, villains, and really pissed off ex-lovers.
Review of #DarkFantasy LINE OF DESCENT, plus interview & excerpt
The darkness and the light are both alike to thee. (Psalm 139:12) What’s the difference between dark fantasy and horror …
Review of dark urban fantasy RAVEN’S WING, plus interview, contest, 2 Bonus Chapters
This week my guest is Shawna Reppert, award-winning author of the dark fantasy Ravensblood series It’s all Horace Walpole’s fault. In …
What is it about the Trickster? Interview with Sue Vincent plus review of Mister Fox: The Legend
I have seen them write in fire on the darkness…and heard the drums beaten with flaming brands.
Outsourced: A writer writes about a writer who solves a conspiracy by…writing.
Puzzles within puzzles. My guest today is author Eric J Gates. In addition to sharing an excerpt from his brilliant …
Don’t read this review…Go straight out and buy 5-star epic fantasy The Jack of Souls
Blurb: A rogue knight and epic fantasy series begins An outcast rogue must break a curse laid on his fate, or …
Guest author Giulia Torre—interview, review, excerpt of historical romance “Wolfe Island”
My guest today, Giulia Torre, has her Ph.D. in Reading/Writing/Literacy from the University of Pennsylvania, where she focused her research on …
Review of A Griffin Scorned: funny, kickass debut urban fantasy
I’ve been traveling lately and finding internet connection in rural India is surprisingly limited difficult friggin impossible. So I apologize …
Barb Taub 