Review of Lucky Chica, by Berta Platas

Lucky Chica By Berta Platas St. Martin’s Griffin ISBN: 978-0-312-34174-9 Copyright 2009 Trade Paperback, 336 pages ChickLit Author’s website: www.bertaplatas.com Lucky Chica is a charming, entertaining novel about a poor Hispanic young woman who wins the biggest lotto ever, and how her life—and those around her—change because of it. Twenty-four-year old Rosie Caballero, a college [...]

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New Blog on the Block: Pets and Their Authors

Hi all, I just started a new promo blog for authors where my golden retriever, Amigo, interviews authors’ pets. In other words, your pet will talk about you and your book, from its ‘unique’ perspective. I was wondering if any of you would like to be one of my first, er, victims… There will only [...]

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My Interview at Vampire Wire

Hi all, I was recently interviewed by NY Times Bestselling author Marta Acosta on her popular blog, Vampire Wire. The link is http://www.vampirewire.blogspot.com I’ll be giving away two free copies to two lucky winners who leave a comment. Thanks in advance! It’s nice to be the interviewee once in a while Best, Mayra

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Featured Short Story: “Death and the Detective,” by Anne K. Edwards

My name’s Joe Davis. I run a small detective agency that handles the usual type of case found in a small town like Meadeville. Runaway mates and divorce cases our specialty. Occasionally, we get a case with more hair on it, but never anything like the one that just wandered in off the street one [...]

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Interview with A.F. Stewart, author of Chronicles of the Undead

Touring the blogosphere this month of February is fantasy author A.F. Stewart. Her book, Chronicles of the Undead, tells the story of three generations of one family and their dark connection to the realm of vampires. Visit the author’s blog at: http://www.squidoo.com/undeadchronicles Q: Thanks for this interview. Why don’t you begin by telling us a [...]

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Guest Post: “Writing a Murder Mystery and Using Fear,” by Doug Hewitt

My latest novel, The Dead Guy, is a murder mystery set in Detroit. Why Detroit? Two reasons. I was born and raised in a Detroit suburb, so I knew the area well and could write about it convincingly. The second reason was that I couldn’t think of a better place for a main character who [...]

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Listen to Anne K. Edwards on Advice Radio on the subject of reviewing

Anne K. Edwards gets interviewed on Advice Radio on the slippery subject of book reviewing. Listen to the live interview here.

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Guest Post by Bruce Skye, author of GRAYRIDER

Writing a first novel is like throwing dice; you never know how you’ll be received by the reading public when you’re published. So how can a writer guarantee he or she will get readers? There are several ways of doing that. I believe you need to have in-depth characterizations of the protagonists. Explain what makes [...]

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The Slippery Art of Book Reviewing trailer

Visit: www.slipperybookreview.wordpress.com for blurbs, excerpts, reviews, interviews, and purchasing information.

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Interview with Bram Stoker Nominee Alexandra Sokoloff and Review of her Book, THE PRICE

Hi all, I recently had the pleasure of reviewing Alexandra Sokoloff’s latest supernatural thriller, The Price, and of interviewing the author for my other blog, BookTalkCorner. You may read the interview here. You may read my review of her book here. Happy reading! The Phantom

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