Where’s My Character? Or, Location, Location, Location—Lou Sylvre musing on why we love these guys

Hi! Lou Sylvre here absolutely thrilled to be making this reappearance on Love Bytes. The title of my post is admittedly a little obscure—it’s really about making a character “real.” I decided to write this when, in the course of Read more

Happily Ever After

Hello all, It’s Matt again and I have not been on LoveBytes as a blogger in several months… seven months to be precise. The lovely Dani knows why but here is the reason. On February 6th, 2016 I lost my Read more

Red Rising Trilogy – A Study in GMC

At most author conferences and writer chats, the term GMC is prevalent. GMC=Goal/Motivation/Conflict and it’s essentially the reason for any story. What is the protagonist’s goal? What motivates him to achieve that goal? What gets in her way? In the Read more

Substitute Teaching by Amy Lane

Substitute Teaching   By Amy Lane   The 1990’s were not a great time for teachers.   I remember a seasoned veteran in 1991 telling me she’d seen more changes in the previous two years than she’d seen in the Read more

I’m Taking a Trip

Dominic and I have been together for over 20 years, but 2016 is what we officially consider our twentieth anniversary.  So in the next few weeks, he and I will be on a two week German vacation.  Dominic speaks German Read more

Exclusive Cover Reveal & Giveaway Max Vos – Life After Living

Howdy, y’all. I just wanted to stop by real quick and let you know about a new novel that I’ll release on June 16th. As usual, I kind of stepped out of the box a bit. It really is unlike Read more