by Anita Stratos, Proof Positive Editor Your book is edited, polished, published, and out there for the world to enjoy. You’ve got it listed on Amazon, its beautiful cover (that you agonized over getting just right) beckoning readers with its siren call, “You want...
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Why Freelance Writing is Your Creative Writing Inspiration
by Anita Stratos, Proof Positive editor One thing I’ve noticed about the writing world – it likes to separate itself into groups. I’m not talking about genres. Two of the main groups I’ve noticed are “Writing for Hire” and “Creative Writing”, and members of each can...
Meet Author Michelle Diana Lowe
"Fearless" is the best word to describe Michelle Diana Lowe's just-published book, The Glass Heart Girl. Lowe's incredible book breaks barriers rarely crossed in such detail with grace and honesty you won't readily find elsewhere. The Glass Heart Girl was just...
Meet Author Kevin Zdrill
It’s not easy to craft a story that seamlessly weaves together disparate lives and situations, each in their own world yet ultimately affecting each other. But Kevin Zdrill has done this flawlessly in his book Crazy, Mixed-Up World, a novel whose characters and...
Meet Author Joseph Murphy
We're happy to share with you this in-depth interview with fantasy author and activist Joseph Murphy. ~~~ Did you originally plan to have two separate series instead of one series, or did that decision come after you wrote Council of Peacocks? Did you plan for your...
Meet Author Charlie Moore
Action, danger, political corruption - you can't find a better book with all these things than Charlie Moore's Against The Clock. It gives the TV series 24 a run for its money. You won't be able to stop reading it. You'll find yourself sneaking in a few pages before...
Meet Author Dahlia Savage
The popular TV show Scandal is nothing compared to Dahlia Savage's new book, Indiscretion. Just published today, Indiscretion is Dahlia's premier novella, and what a dramatic, absorbing piece of fiction it is! I read this in just a couple of hours - and then reread it...
Meet Author Hanna Peach
Have you ever read a book you just couldn't put down? One in which there is so much action and tangled-up relationships that you end up reading it in no time at all? Mix that with warrior angels, demons wearing human skins, and Earth as we think we know it, and you've...
Author Chat: Donna Hatch
I recently had the pleasure of interviewing historical romance and fantasy author, Donna Hatch. You may know her from her Rogue Hearts series, including The Stranger She Married and The Guise of a Gentleman, the latter of which was recently released (check it out...
Author Chat: Stacey J. Mitchell
Have you ever heard of the Red String of Fate? Author Stacey J. Mitchell has a new, unique take on it that will keep you turning the pages of her book Read Threads to find out more. What are the red threads? Where are they coming from? What do they mean? The idea of...