From Candyland to Monopoly to Mario Kart: The Art of Writing a Story

BAM Inspiration strikes. Candyland. That glorious idea for a book slams into your head with the force of an F5 tornado, destroying everything in its path, swirling you around until you don’t know which end is up. A chaotic mess Read more

The Best Part of Porn Star Covers

The very best moment of the process surrounding porn star covers is that first moment when they see their picture on the cover of a paperback for the very first time. Tonight, I got to see a friend that I Read more

Why I’m a Fraud by JP Barnaby

Author interviews, author bios, blog posts about authors – most tell the same story. Author X or Writer Y started writing as soon as they could pick up a pen, or draw pictures to put together a story, or spell. Read more

GRL Registration by JP Barnaby

GRL Registration As I write this, GRL Registration is over by exactly 24 hours. In the past day, I have seen joy at the anticipation of reunion, disappointment and animosity over the process, and fear of the unknown. For those Read more

An Interview with Aaron Downing

This week, we finalized Spencer, a sequel to the critically acclaimed novel Aaron released in October 2012. A list of readers, authors, and editors had clamored for a sequel since Aaron found his “happily for now” nearly a year and Read more

The Art of Branding with JP Barnaby

  The #JPStyle Branding When I started writing, I had no concept of what “branding” meant. I remember attending my very first Dreamspinner author conference in New York, and watching Damon Suede give an amazing talk on branding complete with Read more