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What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write Songs of Vengeance and Desire? All my kids play ice hockey. During lockdown I spent hours every day in rink parking lots because I couldn’t go in. I was using the time re-writing my 2013 stage play “Dinner, Sex, …
What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write The Spider and the Fly? The Spider and the Fly AKA: Sebastian Schiller and Shey Jing are characters that appeared in my novel Dangerous to Know which is the first book in The Chronicles of Breed. Strange but true, …
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What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write Silent Winter Solstice? I have always enjoyed reading mystery stories, including those by Agatha Christie, and mystery programs, such as Murder She Wrote. I see my protagonist, Beth Williams, and her best friend Evie Hanson, as younger versions of …
What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write Love on the Line 2? Both Love on the Line and this new book, Love on the Line 2, are stories of a young women’s struggle to find balance and equality in a career where her small size, her …
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What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write Valpolicella Violet (Franki Amato Mysteries 7)? The Franki Amato mysteries are set in New Orleans, but my readers had been asking for a mystery set in Italy. So, one morning when I was walking my dogs and trying to …
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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. This list of cult horror was originally published in our horror newsletter, The Fright Stuff. Sign up for it here to get the latest and greatest from the world of horror! I’m kind of amazed …
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What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write Model Behavior (The Unlovabulls Book 2)? The short answer is my dog, Brennan. The Long answer is that a few years ago, we adopted a four(ish)-year-old Cane Corso from a local rescue. They believed she had been a puppy …
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This summary is partially complete. To be finished 2/27/22. Prologue (Friday)Three Hours LaterSaturdayThirty Hours EarlierSundaySeventy-Two Hours EarlierMondayA Week LaterEpilogue Prologue (Friday) Benjamin Daniels, a journalist, is at his Parisian apartment — at Number 12, Rue des Amants, third floor — working on a story he believes will make his name. …
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. This post illustrating the wonderful life of Ashley Bryan was originally published in our Kid Lit newsletter, The Kids Are All Right . Sign up for it here to get the latest in children’s book releases, …
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What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write The Curse of Cain? Cain (yes, that Cain) was a character in a previous series I wrote. He was the character from Biblical lore who, on account of his “mark” never died. Six thousand years later, he was the …
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. The Rake, a brand new dark romance by Wall Street Journal author L.J. Shen This edition of Daily Deals is sponsored by The Rake, a brand new dark romance by Wall Street Journal …
What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write Girl on Honeysuckle Avenue? I moved back to my beloved Idaho after retiring. When I drove through town I saw the Honeysuckle Avenue sign. That would make a great title, I thought. Girl on Honeysuckle Avenue. That’s all I …
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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. This list of YA fantasy duologies was originally published in our YA newsletter, What’s Up In YA. Sign up for it here to get YA news, reviews, deals, and more! I deeply wish fantasy was …
This list of YA sports comics was originally published in our YA newsletter, What’s Up In YA. Sign up for it here to get YA news, reviews, deals, and more! I’ve been on a comics reading roll lately. YA horror comics have been my biggie, but I’ve definitely also been stacking up …
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What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write Dead Lake? I host a weekly writing event called Mid-Week Flash Challenge, where I provide a picture prompt to inspire writers to write a piece of flash fiction (anything under 1000 words – or in the case of my …
This list of YA sports comics was originally published in our historical fiction newsletter, Past Tense. Sign up for it here to get YA news, reviews, deals, and more! Time travel: probably not the first thing you think of when you think historical fiction. Yet time travel in fiction interacts with historical …
Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson has a TV series adaptation in the works at Hulu. For all the details about a potential jump to film for this upcoming book, here’s what we know about the Black Cake Hulu TV Series: What’s it about? What’s the plot of Black Cake? Black …
The Quick Recap and Section-by-Section Summary for The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont are below. Spoiler warning: these summaries contains spoilers. For a non-spoiler version of the plot synopsis, see The Bibliofile’s review of The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont. Quick(-ish) Recap The three-paragraph version: In December 1926, …
Remember in early 2020, when a ton of us loaded up on board games, puzzles, and Zoom-friendly digital game packs? Even those who hadn’t picked up a book for fun in decades loaded up on novels. We were ready to settle in for a few weeks of isolation (for those …
The three-paragraph version: In December 1926, Agatha Christie goes missing for 11 days (resulting in a nation-wide search) after her husband Archie announces he’s leaving her for his mistress, Nan O’Dea. In a flashback to her younger years, we learn that Nan once fell in love with a boy in …
