Life as Inspiration, by Shira Anthony

Most writers find inspiration in their own experiences. But opening yourself up to a great idea isn’t easy for any of us. We’re trained to focus on the task in front of us: evil day job, homework, reading a book, Read more

Love Bytes Reviews: Book of the Week Poll April 20 – 26, 2019

Book of the Week Poll Welcome to the Love Bytes Book of the Week Poll! Here are the books which achieved a 4.5 or 5.0 review last week from our reviewers.  As a reminder, the top two books from each week’s Read more

Life at the Carolina Coast – A Preview Look at My Brand New Series

Happy 2019! This is the year I’ll be leaving my longtime job as a public sector attorney to write full-time and travel on our new catamaran sailboat. My husband and I will be leaving the Carolinas in December of 2019, Read more

Hurricane Florence : Battening down the hatches

As I write this, my home state of North Carolina, as well as South Carolina and Virginia are getting ready for an unwelcome visitor: Category 4 Hurricane Florence. I’ve written a stories with hurricanes in them (Take Two, set on Read more

Fall, Halloween, and GRL: Getting Past the Fear

Happy October everyone! I’m so excited for fall, because it brings with it cooler weather (thank goodness!), Halloween, and most importantly, this year’s Gay Romance Literature Retreat (GRL)! GRL is an LGBT love fest. Literally! For those of you who Read more

Shira Anthony’s in Dreamspun Heaven

A week ago today, I was in Orlando, Florida, attending the Dreamspinner Press Author Workshop, an annual get-together of Dreamspinner authors and staff. As always, it was an amazing creative battery recharge for me, and I’m more excited than ever Read more