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For all the weirdnesses in my book of linked stories New Sun Rising—e-beasts who rule the world from within Networld, witchcraft, ghosts, and a human warehouse—I couldn’t have written the stories without knowing three New York lakes: Otisco, Skaneateles, and Chautauqua. This is the literal truth: without knowing the lakes  I would not have known how to create the utopian community central to the action in New Sun Rising, or how to describe it.

Those lakes feed a thirsty creative soul.

The lake in my fictional world is named Star Lake. It is mostly based on Chautauqua. However, the […]

Writing a book can be a time consuming process. In order to write a book as efficiently as possible, authors should begin by organizing and planning their ideas. Starting to write a book without a solid plan is an invitation to failure and wasted effort. While an author may be able to reach their end goal without following a solid plan, they will most likely waste a lot of time and end up taking a lot of unnecessary detours and reaching a lot of dead ends.

While authors do not have to know exactly what they are going to write […]

When I was a sixteen year-old in Cambridge, UK, it was the late 80s, and it was dull as the ditchwater gathering in the River Cam that splashed onto my Doctor Martin boots ( inscribed with Tipp-Ex “Smileys”) as I walked to the local polytechnic, where I studied a sort of art A level course that consisted of me being able to take my pet dog to class, a boy who was scared of both purple and broccolli (yes we did paint some broccolli purple, and yes, we chased him with it up and down the art studio) and lots […]

Modern book publishing comes with a wide array of opportunities for budding authors. Self publishing is one such opportunity that has completely revolutionized the book industry. Nowadays, many authors choose to self publish their books as the process is speedy and options for marketing these books are also immense.  However, the path to becoming a successful self-published writer may not be as easy as it seems. There are big and small hurdles that you are likely to experience while publishing. Now, in order to minimize these hurdles and help you to successfully self publish your books, we have come up […]

There are many ways members of a book club can benefit from engaging in activities that allow them to expand their knowledge about different books they have read. With advanced technology, members can find a variety of ways to experience reading in a completely different way. By taking certain book club suggestions into consideration, members of a book club can make their readings more enjoyable and relate to others who have read the same book as they have.

Engaging in an online chat is one book club suggestion that can potentially allow book club members to gain different perspectives. By […]

Choosing a book title is ultimately the most important decision an author will make when it comes to selling the most books possible. While writing a book is important for an author, choosing a good title is equally as important. Since the book title is what creates a spark in a reader’s interest, authors should choose their book title very wisely. Bestselling authors have known for many decades that the title of the book can do more to increase sales than any other single factor or decision they make. When authors are contemplating how to choose a book title, there […]