Interview with local author of The Thinking Machine, Ben Van Dongen

You may already know Ben Van Dongen from Adventure Worlds Press. He's the other half of the collection of science fiction short stories in No Light Tomorrow, and one third of the crime fiction stories in All These Crooked Streets. Now, he's written a pocket-sized sci-fi novella entitled, The Thinking Machine. The Thinking Machine A...

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An Interview with YA author, Sharon Ledwith

You may already know Sharon Ledwith. She's an author, a time traveler, a psychic, and a super sleuth. And we've published all of her books, because they're awesome. If you haven't checked out Sharon Ledwith's work yet, you should. She's the author of not one, but two great young adult series. The first is The...

Welcome to Fairy Falls… Expect the Unexpected.

As you may know, the author of the beloved Last Timekeepers Series is launching her next book, Lost and Found this weekend. Lost and found is the first of her new series, Mysterious Tales from Fairy Falls, and a YA series full of mystery and mayhem as well as teenagers with cool psychic abilities.  We...

Up next: Uncharted by Justine Alley Dowsett and Murandy Damodred

In anticipation of our 2017 releases, I wanted to interview each of the authors, but I've tried, and I simply can't interview myself. So, instead let me just tell you a little bit about where I'm at now and what my upcoming new release is all about. There's less than two months left until Uncharted is...

Interview with Owen Swain, Creator of the #tourdesketch Windsor Colouring Book

Owen Swain, a Windsor-based artist, is the creator and artist behind #tourdesketch Windsor, an adult colouring book featuring the sights of Windsor, Ontario. I've invited Owen to answer some questions for us, so we can get to know him and his seeing/drawing process. M|W: Other than drawing, what do you do in your spare time?...

Featuring: Joshua Pantalleresco!

As you know, July's feature is The Watcher series by Joshua Pantalleresco. This means, you can pick up The Watcher, or its sequel, Stormdancer for only $0.99 all month long! Use code: DRAGON in our store! This is a real bargain, considering both books are a unique blend of science-fiction, poetry and graphic art that...

Joshua Pantalleresco’s ‘Rules’ of Writing – Part 2

To find Rules 1-4 click here. Otherwise, here's part 2! Number Five: Revise, Revise, Revise If you have made it this far, you have in all likelihood finished a draft.  Congratulations.  Seriously.  You went out there and finished a draft.  I'm giving myself a self high five in your honor. So now what? Well, barring...

Joshua Pantalleresco’s ‘Rules’ of Writing – Part 1

I said yes to this without thinking really. I thought, “sure, do another blog to shamelessly promote my books.”  Seems like a good idea.  Only looking at the whole topic and thinking about it for a second, I came to a horrifying thought. I'm the one talking about rules in writing?  Me?  You sure?  Alright....

Rita Monette’s 10 rules of writing

After such great enthusiasm over my post: My 10 rules of writing I decided to see if any of our authors had writing rules they live by. Rita Monette, the middle-grade author of The Legend of Ghost Dog Island and The Curse at Pirate's Cove was very quick to respond, so I figure she knows what...