Monday musing

Monday musing

Happy St. Patrick’s Day from BestSelling authors

You need to pay attention to something that’s not Donald Trump: great reading! You know you need something to focus on that will raise your blood pressure in a way that you like. That’s our goal at BestSelling Reads: to rivet your attention, all your sense on the magic of […]

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Date Shark: your Monday mischief for Romance Month

Enjoy this sample of the first in the Date Shark series By DelSheree Gladden “Did you enjoy the rest of your night?” Eli chuckled.  “Look, no offense, but could we just get this over with? I couldn’t sleep at all last night knowing I had to meet you today,” Leila […]

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Beautiful ghost: Crimson Vale

An eerie Monday excerpt from the paranormal horror novel By Jennifer Harlow The gray of the sky stretches on forever, infecting even the air with its oppressive gloom. It’s hard to breathe, hard to even move without the gravel on the drive cutting into my bare feet as I stroll […]

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Two for Joy

Your morning coffee and reading from the latest book By D.G. Torrens The café door chimed softly as she stepped out into the bustling street. Closing her eyes, Verity savoured the aroma of coffee emerging from her cup like a whispered promise, and collided with a man in her path. […]

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Where writers write: 1

After “Where do you get your ideas from?” one question readers ask writers is how or where they write. Your favorite BestSelling authors are happy to show you their workspaces — and maybe to inspire readers to become writers themselves. Roger Eschbacher In addition to writing YA sci-fi and fantasy […]

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Battling writer’s block

By Raine Thomas For us writers, there is no worse feeling than staring at a blank page or screen, fingers poised over the keyboard, with no words ever hitting the page. Writer’s block strikes us randomly and, at least in my case, at the worst possible times. So how can […]

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The “B” Word

How to face the dreaded writer’s b**** By A.J. Llewellyn Until my father died six years ago I’d never experienced the B word. Okay. I’ll say it. Writer’s Block. For many years I had multiple deadlines with several publishers, and I didn’t have time for the B word. I was […]

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Three authors tackle Blank Page Syndrome

One of the greatest challenges a writer faces is Blank Page Syndrome. When we sit down to write with a fresh sheet of paper or a blank word-processor screen, the page or screen looks back at us as if to say, “Well?” Three BestSelling Reads member authors discuss how they […]

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Blank Page Syndrome

Monday musings on writing By Lucy Appadoo As an author, I have had intermittent moments of the Blank Page Syndrome, struggling to find words for a story scene or chapter. However, I have used strategies to combat this syndrome, also known as Writer’s Block, which has resulted in my multiple […]

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“Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover.”

Monday musings about designing the right cover for a book By Roger Eschbacher This time-worn adage is usually meant as a warning not to judge people, places or things by their surface characteristics. A person who does so should properly be judged as shallow because they can’t be bothered to […]

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