What If Everyone Did the Bare Minimum?

What would happen if everyone did the bare minimum? Essentially, you wouldn’t have to work hard,…

Understanding the Sci-fi Romance Book Genre?

Understanding the Sci-fi Romance Book Genre? Interested in reading Sci-fi romance books, but you’re not sure…

A Thrill Ride Wrapped Up in a Heartwarming Love Story by Karen Randau

A Thrill Ride Wrapped Up in a Heartwarming Love Story By Karen Randau If you like…

3-Minute Mystery #1 (Can YOU Guess Whodunnit?)

Think you can out-sleuth me? This year, I’m offering my dedicated email subscribers a free quick…

TuesdayTips134

That’s Out Of Order! Beginning At The End. Today’s #TuesdayTip will be looking at the advantages…

Last Chance! 48 Hours Left…and One Final Surprise

There’s only 48 hours left before my Kickstarter disappears. 48 hours left before the large print…

BLINK and the 1980s

When I go back and re-read portions of Blink, my memoirish (I admit it!) gay love…

Sunset Sail

I wanted to try a digital drawing with multi layers of different shades and found a…

JUST RELEASED TODAY! Detective Katie Scott and K9 Cisco Are Back in THE ROSE GIRLS

It’s so exciting that book #9 has been released–The Rose Girls. I had quite a lot…

#MusicMonday: Music to Inspire

Music Monday is a post about a song that inspired me while I wrote. Today’s song…

In the Event of My Death: Burn Everything… Or Steamroll It!

Over the Christmas holidays, I decided to declutter my basement office. The task had been on…

It’s Not Always a Mystery – Until It Is

By Maddie Day/Edith Maxwell Thanks so much for inviting me over, Debra! It’s been such a…

A Year of Wordle

Partway through the second week of February 2022, a global phenomenon named Wordle captured my attention.…

Formatting for Kindle and Print: A very simple guide.

  Here is a very simple checklist for formatting your book for publication using Amazon. This…

The Shelter, by James Everington – Redux Reviews 2

Welcome to the second edition of the thread where I revisit reviews of books by friends…

Time to Douse the Inferno

Excerpt from HUNDRED DOLLAR BILL by Sherry Morris Make Believe Island, Florida March 1945 Agent Lambert and…

Sharon Ledwith’s Birthday Blowout Ebook Sale…

  It’s that time again. You know. When Mr. Groundhog awakens on February 2nd to see…

A PRETTY PEPPER – THE ALOHA

Compliments of Blue Apron The other day, my husband and I stopped at Perine’s Produce, a…

ME on MONDAY – Today: Getting on a bit…

JUST ME on MONDAY Well, OK, that title ‘getting on a bit’ is a red herring…

Mrs. Kenneth James Stevens Wants A Baby by Leanne Dyck (Ch 5)

 Chapter four: Aster has lost her husband on the ferry? Will she ever find him again? Or…

Done… kind of

It took most of the day, but I finished this editing pass on all three books.…

Grub, Gab, and Games=Glampers

It was become a Rite of Spring with the Midwest Glampers: a weekend gathering at Quaker…

Damn Entertaining Read

“Brain-dead in the very best way, Cutthroat Express was a damn entertaining read.”–The Rotting Zombie Buy…

Character Arc

 How do you make sure your story has a character arc? https://nathanbransford.com/blog/2020/01/what-is-a-character-arc

Movie Review: Plane!

Plane is a 2023 action thriller movie starring Gerard Butler, Tony Goldwyn, Mike Colter, and Paul…