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End Man by Alex Austin [Book Boost!]
Hello readers! I hope your summer is going well and you have been able to squeeze in some time to read. Today, I wanted to share a book that I read waaaaay back in 2017 in a beta swap. The author of this book, Alex, and I read each other's stories and provided...
Yellow Crocus by Laila Ibrahim [Book Review]
This review comes after having read Ibrahim's other novel, Paper Wife, and the novel Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson, which takes place in the same time period. I think it is the product of Amazon's algorithms working on me. because this was a suggested read after those...
2 DNF Books: My Reading Slump (NSFW)
DNF: Did Not Finish I haven't posted a new book review since May, and now it's June. But the truth is, I've hit a bit of a reading slump. I have posted a book review almost every month this year, but the last two books I tried to read just simply didn't hit it for me....
Calliope’s Collection of Mystical Mayhem from Wild Ink Press
Hello everyone! I'm excited to be able to share some news with you today. I recently submitted a short story to Wild Ink Press for their middle-grade anthology, Calliope's Collection of Mystical Mayhem, and it was accepted! My story, Adventures of Barnaby and Clovis,...
Character Development & A Free Short Story!
Recently, my friend Pamela and I got together and discussed the topic of character. What is it that separates a good character from a bad one? If you've read any of my book reviews, you know that I love a good character-driven story and I really focus on characters in...
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Where the Crawdads Sing [Book Review]
I just finished reading the incredibly popular novel, Where the Crawdads Sing. I picked this one up on Audible and I honestly loved it enough that I'm probably going to buy a hardcover. This novel was originally published back in 2018 and the movie is coming out in...
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Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson [Book Review]
I don't remember exactly how I came across Yellow Wife. Maybe it was a suggestion from Audible after I finished reading Paper Wife by Laila Ibrahim. However I stumbled upon it, I'm so glad that I did. This book was so powerful and moving. After I finished listening to...
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Whiskey and Charlie by Annabel Smith [Book Review]
It took me almost one full month to listen to the Audible version of "Whiskey and Charlie." I really enjoyed this book for a multitude of reasons and I'll try my best to express them in this review! I used my monthly Audible credit on this book and did not receive it...
How I Built My Editing Business
oday, I am sharing a guest post from Pamela, from The Picky Bookworm. Pamela was my editor for The Disappearance of Susannah Dane and The Absence of Aurelia Perez, plus countless other smaller articles and projects. Pamela was kind enough to write this post about how she started as an editor, working with mostly self-published authors, and allow me to share it with all of you. I hope you enjoy it!
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