Getting it Wrong

It has to be the worst nightmare for an author, especially an author of non-fiction: to hear you got a major fact wrong…while live on the air. It recently happened to author Naomi Wolf, who wrote a book called Outrages: Read more

Interview With a Stubborn Character

Me: Hey dude, what’s happening? Stubborn Character (SC): Not much Me: Oh, okay. So, the last time we talked, or I should say tried to talk as you weren’t very cooperative, I asked you what was bothering you. You didn’t Read more

Do Writers Feel What Readers Feel?

I was at ShiMMer last weekend, an awesome MM romance event in Birmingham, UK. I hung out with tons of readers and fellow authors, and I had a fab time. Here’s a pic of my set up before readers arrived Read more

When Authors Disappoint Readers

No author ever intentionally disappoints readers, but the truth is that it happens sometimes. And I’m not talking about a book that’s maybe not as good as a reader had hoped. That will always happen at some point, if only Read more

Guestpost & Giveaway: Nora Phoenix – Kissing the Teacher (Valentine’s Inc)

Love Bytes says hello and welcome to author Nora Phoenix joining us today to talk about her new release “Kissing the Teacher”, which is part of the 10 book series Valentine’s Inc. Nora talks to us about how characters can Read more

Readers and Their Personal Reader Allergies

We all have things we absolutely hate to come across in books. I call them reader allergies, and they’re a real thing, because I have them too as a reader. Reader allergies can be a trope or a plot device, like the Read more