5 Simple Lessons Tolkien’s The Hobbit Taught Me About Life

#1 – Wealth isn’t something you can depend on to make all your problems go away…

Holding out for a She-ro. Creating a strong female protagonist…

Recently, a lovely reader contacted me having read my blog post Holding out for a Hero.…

Creating Character Voice

Hi, SEers. Welcome to another Mae Day on Story Empire. Thanks for joining me for a…

Friday Reads – The Weekend by L.H.Stacey

It’s time for another Friday Reads blog post and this week I’m featuring the recently published…

THE LAST OF US 1×05 “Endure and Survive” review

    THE LAST OF US 1×05 “Endure and Survive” is back into the adventures of Ellie…

Life Lessons from a Frog by Robin Densmore Fuson

  Can we learn from a frog? Does God speak to us in everyday occurrences?  We…

Time Changes Perception

It’s amazing how time changes how you perceive things. I had to go downtown today for…

Writer Tip #39: In Praise of the Day Job

Yours truly with my once and (hopefully)future day boss David Zaslav I know what you’re thinking:…

How a Fever Dream Inspired My Alien Abduction Novel SKY FULL OF MYSTERIES

Sky Full of Mysteries is one of my most unusual novels, inspired by a fever dream, it…

Charging More for Good Seats

When people wait in line for something, that’s an inefficiency in the economy. It’s a cost…

New Release! BLACKMAIL AT THE GALLIANO CLUB

New release! Today is release day for BLACKMAIL AT THE GALLIANO CLUB, the second book in…

Thursday – A Little Personal – Twiggy and Lucy on the Couch

“You two going to go outside?” “Gee, mom, that cold front brought some cooler temps.” “What…

Review of WITCH INDEED

WITCH INDEED A Mackenzie Coven Mystery   SONIA PARIN   Review by Author Roy Murry  …

Legend of Pharaoh Amenemhat III’s Lost Pyramid persists in the news – and in this five star adventure fiction

Enter ancient Egypt’s Lost Labyrinth (The Smiting Texts) Lost beneath the sands… a maze with 1500…

Sumer after the Sumerians, the Amorites Rulers 1

  Home Page home page  Sumer after the last Sumerian Dynasty The Amorites 1 (of 2) Introduction The…

Left Coast Crime anthology – Trouble in Tucson

Be sure to grab a copy of TROUBLE IN TUCSON if you’re heading to this year’s…

Guest Book Review: Sarah’s impression of Reluctantly Royal by Kelle Z. Riley

Hi, readers! Please welcome Sarah B., our guest book reviewer, to ILRB! She’ll be hanging out…

Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday and my Civil War Romance A NECESSARY END

   Hello, readers. I’d like to honor President Lincoln’s birthday with a blog post about  A…

Why I’ve Got My Head Down (and my mouth shut!)

Sorry my posts are few-and-far-between-ish at the moment. It’s not lack of desire, it’s lack of…

Welcome to #RomanceReadingMonth

Francesca is looking forward to the publication of the first Beach Hotel novel during both #RomanceReadingMonth…

How to Grow Your Writing Business the Stress-free Way by Lance Cody-Valdez

Guest post by Lance Cody-Valdez As writers, it can be hard to meet our work goals…

Brenda Joyce’s THE GAME – Abducted on the High Seas by the Notorious Golden-haired Pirate… A Keeper!

Brenda Joyce has delivered a sweeping historical saga replete with the characters of the day who…

My Historical Novel “The Orchid Hour”: On Pre-Order Now

I’m happy to present the cover of my new historical novel, THE ORCHID HOUR. It will…

WEP & With The Wind

This was where they’d met. Janie smiled as she looked over the view. It hadn’t changed…

New Releases in #SciFi #Fantasy and Paranormal Romance for FEB 15

I have not read most of the new releases listed (although I always end up one-clicking…