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Frightful Friday: Clara

Fearsome flash fiction for your Friday from the spooky short story collection By Elyse Salpeter Clara sat on the edge of my bed. Stupid doll Grandma had given me for my birthday, telling me it had been in our family for generations. I didn’t care. It was horrible with that […]

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Wednesday willies: A Vampire in Waikiki

Your eerie treat from the first book in the series By A.J. Llewellyn Tem told me he wanted to pick up Todah from the airport and take him home to their apartment, a place he knew and was comfortable in, but I felt certain it was a very bad idea. […]

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A story to send shivers: Mrs. O’Malley’s Children

Thursday tremors from the bestselling supernatural collection Rickets Row By Elyse Salpeter All was quiet through the halls of the old estate. I crept through the rooms as silent as a mouse. The beam of the flashlight glowed on the beautiful wooden floors Mrs. O’Malley had kept up, even after […]

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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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What a bestselling author wants on their cover

By Raine Thomas I’m sure I’m not alone among authors in saying that the cover design is among the most important—and fun!—parts of the publication process. My very first experience working with a cover designer taught me the value of their expertise. I gave the designer my ideas for the […]

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Paper cuts—both ways

We continue the debate between paper and electronic books. This week, observations By Seb Kirby As an author do you prefer ebooks or paper books? There’s nothing like seeing your work appear as a book on paper. It’s part of the magic of the whole creative process that started out […]

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The dream, again: Defy

A Thursday teaser from the first book in the Firstborn Trilogy by Raine Thomas “How did our babies suddenly get to be approaching their eighteenth birthdays?” Caleb kept his gaze on his daughter’s retreating figure as his wife, Skye, walked up beside him and took his hand. He watched the […]

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How to choose a title—by design

An author’s path to naming a tale By Lucy Appadoo I chose my novel’s title to be A Life By Design for two reasons.  The first one has to do with my character, Elena who aspires to study fashion design in Milan. It takes a lot of coaxing with her authoritative father, […]

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Why I write—and why I write what I write

A writer’s words for Wednesday By David C. Cassidy I’m a visual person. A creative person. As a photographer, I’m trained to “see” images before I make them. I’m trained to “create” them. For me, writing is equally visual. I see words in my head; entire scenes play out like […]

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Announcing the 12 Days of Great Reading Grand Prize winner

And the grand prize winner is … Kimberly Grube! BestSelling Reads members are thrilled to announce the Grand Prize winner of the 12 Days of Great Reading contest: longtime subscriber Kimberly Grube. As the Grand Prize, winner, Kimberly receives all 12 e-books in the giveaway:  Congratulations, Kimberly, and thank you […]

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