Getting to Know Warren A. Shepherd

Warren A. Shepherd is the newest addition to the Mirror World family and the author of Sex, Bugs & UFOs, available now as an ebook or paperback from our store or wherever you buy books. We asked Warren to tell us a little bit about himself and his new release and here's what he said:...

Niches in Freelancing by Joshua Pantalleresco, M|W Author

Sometimes the thing you want is right in front of you. Since I started freelancing I realized that the key to me staying a freelancer was finding my niche. Niches are important. Trying to do everything more often than not leads to doing nothing. But what would that niche be? My ultimate goal was to...

FAQ with Joshua Pantalleresco and The Watcher series

I asked Josh what question he gets asked the most about his trilogy. Here's what he said: So the first question I always get is did you draw that? Then I spend a few minutes talking about how amazing Florence Chan is.  Florence is still to date one of the most professional people I've worked...

FAQ with Justine Alley Dowsett and The Mirror World Series

Welcome to our new blog series, FAQ, where we'll get authors to share their most frequently asked question while sharing an excerpt from their books AND where we will offer a discount on that book so you can check it out for yourself! Since this is my blog, I figured I would go first. My...

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...

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...

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 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....

Meet March’s Featured Author: Sharon Ledwith!

As you know, this month we're featuring the middle grade/young adult time travel series, The Last Timekeepers by the talented Sharon Ledwith. Let's meet this remarkable woman, shall we? M|W: So Sharon, tell us, why do you write in the genre that you do? Ledwith: I have a confession. I didn’t start out writing middle...