Authors I Admire

There are so many reasons to love Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick/Jayne Castle’s books. The characters are engaging, the plots intriguing, and the dialogues witty. When you pick up a book written by Ms. Krentz, your everyday life quickly disappear as you enter her characters’ worlds and vicariously enjoy their adventures. My favorite series is the Arcane Society novels. The society was founded by Sylvester Jones in the late 1600s. The dedicated women and men who belong to the society research everything paranormal, including artifacts and people with special talents. Most of them also have special abilities. One of the reasons …

I’m heading to the Emerald City Writing Conference this weekend. I think it’s my fifth or sixth time attending, but it’s my first time presenting! Rebecca Zanetti and I will be holding a workshop titled: Dealing with Goal, Motivation, and Conflict in Your Own Life: Optimizing the Writing Process while Keeping Motivation High. If you happen to be in the Seattle area on Saturday morning and want to hang out while chatting about writing motivation, stop by the Sammamish conference room at the Bellevue Westin at 10.30 am. In case you’re not a morning person, but still want to catch …

If you haven’t read Kira Brady’s amazing debut novel, you are really missing out. But, here’s your chance to get your life back on track and win a signed copy. I read this book in one sitting. The plot, the characters, the world building had me completely enthralled and I can’t wait for the other two books of this dark paranormal trilogy to be released. In HEARTS OF DARKNESS, the people of Seattle use biofuels and diesel engines not because they’re ecologically aware, but because the Aether—ghosts on the wrong side of the Gate of the Land of the Dead—interfere …

Yesterday, I got one of those calls. You know the one. The one that always happens right when you are about to eat dinner. After a slight delay on the line, a woman asked for Mr. Mike Bradley. My husband works from home. His coworkers are spread all over the world and with the time difference, my husband often works early mornings and/or late nights. He does not want to deal with telemarketers while he’s concentrating on work. So if he’s at his work desk, I always ask who’s calling before passing it on. The woman on the other side …

Author extraordinaire Kira Brady has her debut novel launch party tonight. If you are anywhere close to the west coast of WA State, you must go. HEARTS OF DARKNESS is a thrilling dark paranormal, the first in the Deadglass Trilogy. But don’t just take my word for it, Ms. Brady’s book just got an awesome review from Dear Author and Publisher’s Weekly picked the novel as one of their Best Summer Books 2012. Here are the details: August 10, 7 pm Among them we can mention such drugs as drugs for depression, prescription diet pills, sleeping pills, blood pressure medication, …