On August 8 2019 at 9:30am, I launched my first Kickstarter. It wasn’t perfect and I wasn’t ready for it, but I hit that big green button anyway. I wouldn’t have said it was a rollercoaster, it was more like […]
BELINDA: Tell us about Voice of the Sword. JOHN: Voice of the Sword is Book One of the “Sword, Mirror, Jewel” trilogy, starring Japanese-American teenager Reiko Furukawa Bergman, based on updated characters and stories from Japanese mythology, legend and folklore. […]
Antiheroines. You might not have heard the term, but, like good art, you know them when you see them. A few years ago I started interviewing various authors about antiheroines and why they’d been drawn to write them. Now it’s […]
Usi Nosa is the 16-year-old author of Enigma, a story about love, war and magic. BELINDA: Do you think love is killing the teenage heroine? USI: Yes. The teenage heroine is now an important part of a YA romance novel […]
Years ago, I came across a brilliant article by Jennifer Crusie. It was a writerly advice type article with a simple message, stop worrying about what everyone else is doing and write your book. It’s excellent advice. Now, quit reading […]
BELINDA: Tell us about the science in the Dreamer Trilogy, Secrets of Aurora, and Skywatchers. LJ: In the Dreamer Trilogy everyone has a microchip implanted in their wrists which holds their personal and banking information. When it’s partnered with a […]
There should be a mug that reads “so many books, such a small piggybank”. Trying to feed a dragon-sized book habit can be expensive and no matter how many books you buy, there are a thousand more you just have […]
BELINDA: Hot topic first. Do you think love is killing the teenage heroine and why? ANGELINA: A really good question, and almost impossible to answer in one sentence or two. The question I ask myself is: What is a teenage […]
Books are expensive and our wallets aren’t always deep enough to satisfy our dragon-sized appetites. So what do you do when you just have to have that book but can’t wait until your next paycheck? Hopefully, you don’t hit up […]
Russell Nohelty’s Invasion is a sci-fi coming-of-age story about a boy (Johny) meeting a girl (Debra) in the midst of an alien invasion. And the kicker? Debra’s not human. BELINDA: Tell us about Debra. RUSSELL: Debra is an alien that […]