…because it annoys me, and probably not for the reason you might think. For the past few years, ever since Young Adult fiction became the juggernaut that it is, the RITA awards – the annual awards belonging to the RWA; the Romance Writers of America – have had a YA category. This year, there won’t be Read More …
Welcome to The SFR Brigade Presents blog hoppy thing… If you click on the picture below, you’ll go back to the SFR Brigade main page. The point here is to share a paragraph from a WIP – work in progress – or a current or future release in the SFR – science fiction romance – genre. Read More …
Back in 2009, a mystery-writing friend lamented the lack of mysteries available for teenagers. Adults read mysteries to the tune of almost 500 million dollars every year. Mysteries are the second-largest type of genre fiction out there, after romance. And there are certainly lots of mysteries available for younger kids, from Chet Gecko, Lizard Detective, Read More …
Chapter 4 of Virginia Creeper, for your enjoyment. 🙂 4. The day continued in the same vein. I wandered through on auto-pilot, with Kelli making sure I got from class to class OK. I endured the stares and whispers as best I could, and when someone mustered up enough courage to actually talk to Read More …
You may have noticed that the Cutthroat Business series is getting a facelift. I went from the silhouette covers to the Post-It Note covers because of the resolution: I was going to print the books and wanted the same covers on the print books as were on the ebooks. The silhouette covers were low-res, and so I Read More …
