Review of FireSong, by Aaron Paul Lazar

FireSong is the fifth instalment in the Gus LeGarde mystery series and talented author Aaron Paul Lazar doesn’t disappoint, hooking readers right from the beginning and keeping them turning pages with a series of unexpected twists and turns. Our amateur sleuth, Gus LeGarde, lives in the small town of East Goodland in the heart of [...]

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Is It Really Worth It to Live Forever?

Christine Amsden’s second novel, The Immortality Virus, raises an intriguing question: Is it really all that wonderful to find the secret of immortality and live forever? It’s the 21st century and the world is being ruled by The Establishment, a totalitarian government made of an elite few. People don’t age anymore. As a result, overpopulation [...]

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Guest post from Lory Kaufman, author of The Lens and the Looker

“Where do characters come from?” You might as well ask, “Is there life on other planets?” This is a question to give a writer pause. Lincoln was the first character to materialize, sometime around 1989. Yikes, 1989! I was writing an ensemble piece at the time with, I think, seven main characters in the one [...]

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Book review: Latitude 38, by Ron Hutchison

If you’re looking for something different to read this summer, I highly recommend you grab a copy of Hutchison’s controversial, adventure-filled novel, Latitude 38. The novel takes place some time in the future. Because of political unrest and heated debates over issues like immigration, gay rights, euthanasia, gun control, capital punishment, school prayer, and same-sex [...]

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“Vincent Zandri: Now Sponsored by Budweiser,” by Vincent Zandri

Lately there’s been talk amongst publishers, agents, and authors alike that E-Books might one day be offered to the public for free (ok, I know this is happening now, but I mean ALL E-Books). Instead of the reader paying the author/publisher, sponsors will pay in exchange for product placement inside the text. Since the books [...]

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Interview with Christine Amsden, author of The Immortality Virus

Christine Amsden has been writing science fiction and fantasy for as long as she can remember. She loves to write and it is her dream that others will be inspired by this love and by her stories. At the age of 16, Christine was diagnosed with Stargardt’s Disease, a condition that effects the retina and [...]

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Interview with Ron Hutchison, author of LATITUDE 38

Author Ron Hutchison graduated from the University of Missouri in 1967 with a degree in journalism. He has worked as a reporter, editor, and columnist at newspapers in Texas, California, and Missouri. He was employed by Sun Oil Company as a public relations executive, and later operated his own advertising and public relations agency. He [...]

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Book review: Instant Poetry (Just Add Words!), by “Laughing” Larry Berger

Instant Poetry (Just Add Words!) Third Edition By “Laughing” Larry Berger iUniverse ISBN-13: 978-1450255523 ASIN: 1450255523 September 2010 52 pages Purchase HERE. I was intrigued when I received a copy of this poetry chapbook for review. It isn’t the typical poetry book. The author, ‘Laughing’ Larry Berger, ‘wrote’ or improvised these poems onstage as part [...]

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Puerto Rican Author David Perez Talks About his Humorous Memoir, “Wow!”

David Pérez was born and raised in the South Bronx in New York City of parents of Puerto Rican descent. Growing up in the Millbrook Houses in the 1960s and navigating his way through Catholic school comprise much of the storyline for his memoir Wow! (11B Press, 2011). David has written hundreds of published articles [...]

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Interview with Cuban Playwright and Novelist Teresa Dovalpage

Please welcome my special guest, award-winning Cuban playwright and novelist Teresa Dovalpage. She’s here today to talk about her novel, Habanera. Teresa has a Ph.D. in Latin American Literature and is the author of five novels, three in Spanish and two in English, and a collection of short stories in Spanish. Her plays has been [...]

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