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Monday musings in midsummer By Scott Bury One of the most challenging aspects of being an author today is keeping on top of rapidly shifting technology. These days, it’s essential for authors to actively engage with audiences. And that means, virtually. Blogs, email, social media and all the other virtual […]

The latest bestselling reads

Some of the latest bestsellers from your favorite authors. Amnesia Romantic suspense by D.G. Torrens Cassie is suffering from trauma-induced amnesia. Weekly visits to her psychologist are proving challenging until fragments from the night of her attack begin to surface. Cassie spirals into a dark hole of fear and confusion – […]

What can a writer do about an entrenched problem?

Monday musings on systemic racism By Scott Bury Historical, systemic and persistent racism is the leading concern of the day. Black Lives Matter continues to make headlines and dominate conversations. Canada has been rocked over the past few weeks by revelations of a thousand unmarked graves at former Indian Residential […]

New bestseller now out: AMNESIA

By D.G. Torrens The latest romantic suspense by acclaimed BestSelling Reads member author, D. G. Torrens is now available on Amazon, and it’s a taut, tense page-turner filled with passion, mystery and, yes, love.  What reviewers are saying I was immediately drawn in by Cassie, the protagonist who is trying […]

Welcome to summer bestselling reading

Summer has arrived for BestSelling authors and readers. This week, we’re treating you to a series of summer teasers, all designed to get you in the mood for lying in your hammock or on your deck, cold drink close by and a great summer read in your hands. Enjoy these […]

BestSellers in progress: Part 2

Do you peek in the over as yummy treats are baking? Here’s a peek at some new bestsellers in preparation by your favorite bestselling authors. Monday Musings Fractured States of America By Scott Bury Leona smiled to a herself as she carried her lukewarm ersatz coffee mixed with non-dairy milk-like […]

Mayhem for May

May is action month at BestSelling Reads. Here are some tastes of the action and mayhem you can find between the covers of some of members’ most rollicking titles. From Motive The bulldog looked at the old man pleadingly.  He got a nod in response.  “Make it quick.  I want to […]

Saturday spotlight: The Sun and the Star

From the short story in the collection, Titanium Flow By Elyse Salpeter 1913, in a Kansas field   An October dusk settled over the hundreds of rows of withered corn stalks standing like sentries in the Kansas field. The full moon was rising and a brisk wind whistled through the dry shoots, […]

BestSellers in progress: Part 1

Thursday teasers of bestsellers to come By your favorite BestSelling authors This Thursday and next, we’re giving you something very special: excerpts from works-in-progress. That’s right: a glimpse at books as they flow from the fingertips of some of today’s leaders in new fiction. Tell your avid reader friends about what […]

Art, writing and disease

By Scott Bury Art and literature necessarily reflect the times they’re created. During the Black Death, medieval artists decorated texts with images of devils raining arrows on sinners. In the plague of the seventeenth century, Renaissance artists painted the sufferings of masses of people to illustrate the passion of Christ.  […]