A young journalist Carmen Macedo finds herself on an assignment to uncover corrupt land deals in the Brazilian Amazon. The investigation takes her back to her roots, forcing her to confront painful memories from her childhood and inspiring her to make an emotional connection with the jungle and the legendary fruit of the Jabujicaba tree. The e-book, Jabujicaba, paints a sensuous picture of a living, breathing rainforest, a place filled with life, colour and the potential to save lives, but one that is at the mercy of those who would exploit it.The
For many months now, The Crossover Alliance has been an online community in existence to cultivate the relationship between readers and writers of edgy Christian speculative fiction – in general terms, science fiction/fantasy/horror/supernatural fiction with Christian themes and edgy content, such as sexual themes, language, drug use, and violence. The term ‘edgy’ doesn’t only encompass this type of content though – it can also be applied to certain situations/themes/character deficiencies that are not typically found or ‘allowed’ in conservative Christian fiction. Edgy Christian speculative fiction crosses the lines of both secular fiction and Christian fiction, and creates a new breed […]
Writers, almost all of them, want to be published. Not so many years ago, the only way to be published that let the multitudes receive your work was to find an agent and have them present your work to editors who then might decide to work with you toward publishing.
There are many stories of writers’ works being published in forms that they really didn’t like; yet, they really wanted to be published so they caved…
To be fair, most respectable publishers worked hard to bring the manuscript to a form that was marketable as well as true to the […]
Do I really mean that being a reader/writer/publisher is dangerous? Well, when I look at the word history of dangerous, I see that it comes from roots that mean the power of a lord…
And, “lord” comes from roots that mean “one who guards the bread”…
So, yes, if you’re contemplating using your experience as a reader to power your writing as you promote your way toward self-publishing, you’re becoming the lord of the process and guarding that bread can become dangerous.
Lest I overlook that word “bread”, let’s hope that this dangerous process leads to a very nourishing food […]
I’m venturing into dangerous territory with the title of this post…
Let me clarify the exact bit of territory I want to defend.
First, when I ask if the writer’s job is recording or creating, certain easy and obvious answers come up:
* Journalists mostly record, though they can do it creatively.
* Essayists and article writers can slide back and forth between recording and creating.
* Fiction writers create, though there may be a bit of recording in some of their work.
In this post, I’m only going to talk about fiction writers and the specific territory I want […]
Cate Baum muses over the state of the self-publishing industry as sales figures show that consumers have indeed taken over the asylum.
In the days of traditional publishing, pre-internet – and even some time past the internet really kicking in around the end of the 20th century, the days of hovering in bookshops on word of mouth hunts for gems still existed. Pre-dating sites, potential lovers would sift through Proust and Kundera to up their game, whilst pre-Facebook, glossy hardback photo books remained the only true way to connect with subcultures and style.
Thomas L. Hay is the author of The Comeback Kid series. The Comeback Kid is the memoirs of Thomas (Tommy) Hay, written from cradle to senior citizen. From a US Navy sailor to an International Airline employee. From puppy love to an International playboy. From marriage to divorce. From UFO’s to alien abductions…
So Thomas, please, tell us a bit about yourself!
I’m married to Karen, the ‘love of my life’. My favorite place in the world is in my bed, fast asleep. It’s where I dream and come up with my imagination. It takes me to places where no […]
Are you a bookworm? Do you obsess over what is the latest book on the stands or who is the most popular author currently? Some people are such nerds that a life without books seems dull and listless to them. They would rather visit a book fair than visit an art gallery or watch the latest movie. If you are one of them, don’t be disheartened as a book fair is not less grand or glamorous an event nowadays.
Book fairs are commonly held to promote new books and increase the sale of old books. If you are a novice […]
