Kevin Zdrill’s latest book, The Ukrainian In Me, takes a light-hearted yet honest and heartfelt look at the insecurities, concerns, and utterly hilarious family and social life of an unemployed 30-year-old woman of Ukrainian descent, whose marriage of “nine months, a...
We've been waiting for it and finally Rocky Rochford has come out with the second part to his Don't Turn Around trilogy. It's even better than we'd hoped, and Rocky has been kind enough to share a gripping excerpt in his guest post below. Since it includes explicit...
I had the pleasure of meeting Get Down With The Awethors participant James Quinn a few months ago and was impressed by his novel, A Game for Assassins. What's so impressive about it? He has the actual experience in the subject matter: covert operations and other James...
This product will haunt your lips forever. As seen in an advertisement for lip butter: "Supernatural" is a word, which is why software probably didn't pick it up. Be careful with your spelling!
Author Ben Starling's upcoming romance book includes something for everyone: corporate criminals, a beautiful island, a mysterious box, the struggle between a successful career and fulfillment, and even marine life. Ben's novel sounds like both an epic adventure and...
A few months ago, I had the pleasure of being consulted on a new author's debut book cover. We exchanged a few messages on Goodreads and ended up talking quite a bit more about writing and publishing. Maurice Miller, author of the recently released The Budapest...
by Anita Stratos, Proof Positive editor Picture this: you’re craving apple pie – one of those “just gotta have it” days – so you go to your favorite café and order up a slice. Your mouth waters when the server puts your pie in front of you, but when you look closer,...
If you read this carefully, you'll realize this menu item would be dangerous to consume...and potentially disgusting. What funny misspellings have you seen lately?
Many authors say that their characters lead their story places they didn't know it would go. How about a character whose entire personality changed when her author gave her a new name? Josh de Lioncourt's guest post is an outstanding example of characters who take...
Dearest authors, I've heard the question time and time again: what qualifies me to be an editor and own an editing company? I've gotten many questions about my education and my experience, so here's a video in which I talk about all of it, from my alma mater (Lebanon...