Guest Post with Ilona Andrews

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We would like to give a huge welcome to Ilona Andrews, author of the Kate Daniels series, and upcoming Bayou Moon, which will be out on the 27th of September. I used to be a nerd.  Still am, if you manage to get me going, but I was especially nerdy in adolescence.  You know how Hermione always [...]

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Guest Post with R. F. Long

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Continuing with our Fantasy Romance month, we want to give a big welcome to R. F. Long. Why Fantasy Romance? By R. F. Long Why do I write fantasy romance? Because I love it – always did, even when I didn’t know it had a name. Why do I love it? Ah, there’s the question [...]

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Guest Post and Giveaway with MJ Fredrick

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We would like to give MJ Fredrick a big welcome to the site! The Call by MJ Fredrick The call: About 15 minutes before lunch, my phone rang. The kids were in centers and I was doing grades. I saw the area code and stood up even as I answered. I knew. I’d been waiting [...]

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Guest Post and Giveaway with M.K Hobson

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For our fantasy romance theme this month, we would like to give a big warm welcome to M.K Hobson to the site! Hi there! I’m M.K. Hobson. My debut novel—THE NATIVE STAR—has just been released from Spectra. It’s a historical fantasy romance set in an alternate 1876 with magic, and it follows the adventures of [...]

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Guest Post: Regina by Carrie Lofty & Song of Seduction Giveaway!

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Regina by Carrie Lofty One of the wonderful benefits of writing historical romance is research–wonderful, at least, for a history buff such as myself. I love finding unusual men and women who’ve since fallen through the cracks of history, and occasionally I’m lucky enough to bring their realities into my fiction. When writing SONG OF [...]

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The Journey Part 3: Wherein I *gasp* Finish a Novel

NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) 2007. I decided to join the madness only a few days before November. There was no time for me to plan. I dove into a month where I was supposed to write 50,000 words with nothing more than a “What if?” and a couple character names. I’d already decided my [...]

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The Journey Part 1

Lou: I asked Julie to do a series of guest posts on the blog about her current journey of an aspiring author. Why? Because I too, previously, wanted to be an author. Now: I’ve firmly put those dreams behind me.  When I started The Book Pushers with Has, it was for our love of books, [...]

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