State of the Fandom – Genre Map
This was something I found a while ago that I thought was interesting. (I I swiped this from Rafa Lombardino) Have you ever wondered how the different sub-genres of literature fit with one...
read moreBloody Valentine by Melissa de la Cruz
Sep 16, 11
Bloody Valentine by Melissa de la Cruz Review by SarahBella Bloody Valentine is an anthology of short stories from the Blue Bloods series that don’t quite fit into the novels but are vital to the story. You could read the series and skip this, but you definitely wouldn’t want to. There are three stories in the...
read moreNow accepting The Hunger Games fan fiction!
Sep 04, 11
Guess what?! We’ve added a Hunger Games category to The Dungeon! That means all those stories you’ve been wanting to write about Katniss, Peeta and the rest of the awesome characters will now have a home in the Dungeon! So, get to writing and help us spread the...
read moreAre you falling behind too?
Aug 29, 11
Is anyone else falling behind with their reading? I honestly read about two books per week. So how am I falling behind? I read too many books, that’s how. I’ve got a dozen or so ongoing series that I read. If you figure they each come out with one new book per year, I should be able to keep up, right? I think...
read moreThe Marked Son, by Shea Berkley
Aug 22, 11
The Marked Son, by Shea Berkley Book One – Keepers of Life Review by SarahBella Seventeen-year-old Dylan Kennedy always knew something was different about him, but until his mother abandoned him in the middle of Oregon with grandparents he’s never met, he had no idea what. When Dylan sees a girl in white in the woods...
read moreHearts in Darkness Treasure Hunt
Jul 29, 11
Two strangers. Four hours. One pitch-black elevator. It’s National Talk in an Elevator Day (seriously!) and what better day to celebrate Hearts in Darkness? This top-rated contemporary romance is about two strangers who find acceptance and dare to find love while trapped for four hours in a pitch-black elevator. And,...
read moreJuly State of the Fandom
Jul 25, 11
So, it’s July. Had you noticed? I surely didn’t; the summer has completely gotten away from me. My house has been the crazy kind of busy – graduation parties, movie premieres, birthdays, you name it, we’ve done it this year. The site is absolutely exploding. We have more staff, more contests, more...
read moreWriting Prompts – July
Jul 11, 11
Word Prompts efficacious: producing, or capable of producing, a desired effect. aegis: a shield; protection. denouement: the final resolution of the main complication of a literary or dramatic work. yen: a desire or craving. irenic: promoting peace. Image Prompts Song Prompt The Band Perry – If I Die Young Random...
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Month fourteen (or so) of trying to become a published author. I’ve gotten one yes, six nos and have one story waiting for an answer. The anthology I’m in comes out in about three weeks and I’ve submitted over 140,000 words of original fiction so far this year. I’ve got one more story almost ready to...
read moreNyx in the House of Night, Edited by PC Cast
Jun 02, 11
reviewed by SarahBella Nyx in the House of Night: Mythology, Folklore and Religion in the PC and Kristin Cast Vampyre Series is a collection of essays pertaining to different aspects of the House of Night series. PC Cast edited the anthology and wrote a forward. Kristin Cast wrote one of the included essays. There are...
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(links contained within this post lead to sites containing material not appropriate for children under 18) So. Publishing. That’s such a buzz word these days. I’ve been actively pursuing being published for almost exactly a year now. If there’s one thing the ‘wide world of writing and publishing books’ teaches...
read moreMVF Interviews: Laura Kaye
May 18, 11
with SarahBella Forever Freed is the Story of Lucien Demarco, a 100+ year old vampire and his struggle to find his place in society. Lucien has a dark past and a darker future. Ensconced in self imposed exile from his own family, Lucien has no one to lean on. Then he meets Samantha Sutton. Samantha is a single mother, going...
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