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11Jun 2015 by Dianna L. Gunn

Author Spotlight: Michelle Mogil

Today's author writes science fiction and fantasy, short stories and novels. She's also got some interesting thoughts on what it takes to be a writer. Please give Michelle Mogil a warm welcome. 1. Can you tell us a bit about your most recent novel? The Melancholy Man is the third novel in my Love Eternal Series. The Blurb: Esther Blackwell thought she had written works of fiction: two novels about a middle-aged couple who, through an odd series of circumstances, become blood-sucking creatures of the night. Then, her characters start showing up in her life and stirring everything up. Esther finds herself drawn into their surreal world by one particularly long, lean ancient Irishman who can't seem to keep his hands — or his teeth — off of her. It…

09Apr 2015 by Dianna L. Gunn

Author Spotlight: Susan E. Clarke

Author Interviews

Today's author is a little bit different from the normal breed, though her interview comes with great timing after my article about independent film earlier this week. Susan E. Clarke is actually here to talk about her script book, the Chronicles of Syntax, published by Inspired Quill Press. I'd tell you more but I think she can say it better. Please give Susan a warm welcome. 1. Can you tell us a bit about the Chronicles of Syntax? Chronicles of Syntax is a Science Fiction story set in the present day and leading toward an oncoming apocalypse. The Angel Network are trying to find people with an alteration to their genetic DNA. They believe that when their powers are combined they will access to memories sent back from the future, which…

26Mar 2015 by Dianna L. Gunn

Author Spotlight: Mark Cantrell

Author Interviews

Today's author is another Inspired Quill author, Mark Cantrell, who works as a journalist during the day and writes his novels by night. He's here to discuss his career as a writer and his newest novel, Silas Morlock. Please give Mark a warm welcome. 1.Can you tell us a bit about your novel, Silas Morlock? Silas Morlock is a dark urban fantasy with shades of the macabre horror thrown in. It's a story about good and evil, the darkness that resides inside all of us, and what happens when that darkness escapes to smother the world in shadow. The book deals with a last-ditch struggle to save the human soul from extinction. By that, I don't mean some intangible and metaphysical entity, but something with a real physical existence – books,…

26Feb 2015 by Dianna L. Gunn

Special Author Feature: EJ Newman

Author Interviews

Today's author is another special guest who I interviewed here and had actually been stalking her on the internet--I mean subscribed to her newsletters full of short story goodness--for some time before I interviewed her. I was excited in that glorious fangirl way the first time I interviewed her, and now, several published books later, I am extremely pleased to welcome EJ Newman back to the blog. Please give EJ Newman a warm welcome. 1. We last spoke in May 2012. Can you talk a little bit about what your writing career was like at the time? It was a little bit strange. You know, it's hard to think back to that time – I measure my life in books written now, rather than dates. I think I had finished the…

02Dec 2011 by diannagunn

Introducing Penumbra

Reading Related, Short Fiction, Writing, Writing

Ordinarily my first post after the end of November would be something about what to do now that you've written your Nanovel, and while that post is coming, this year it's been made to wait. That's because I would like to introduce you to the other project I've been working on all month, the Penumbra eMagazine. Penumbra is the speculative fiction eMagazine run by Musa Publishing, the ebook publisher I've been interning with for the past three months. Since late October, I have been working with a team made up of all of Musa's interns to make December's issue of Penumbra the very best that it can be. It's been an amazing journey from raw story files to a polished and professional emagazine. Throughout the month we worked together to…