Hello friends! Happy Monday, I hope you’re all doing well! Today I’m posting my review of Barbara Abel’s novel Mothers’ Instinct. Translated by Susan Pickford. Mothers’ Instinct: Barbara Abel: Laetitia Brunelle and her husband David are inseparable from their neighbours Tiphanie and Sylvain Geniot, even their sons are born the same year. But when tragedy… Continue reading Review: Mothers’ Instinct| Meghan's Whimsical Explorations & Reviews
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! I hope you’re all well! Today I’m posting my review of Jasmine Guillory’s novel, The Wedding Date. You can read my review of book four: Royal Holiday The Wedding Date by: Jasmine Guillory: Drew is in need of a date to his friend and ex-girlfriend’s wedding. When he unexpectedly meets Alexa… Continue reading Review: The Wedding Date| Meghan's Whimsical Explorations & Reviews
Hi friends, happy Monday! I hope you’re all doing well! Today I’m posting my review of the 6th book in the Mrs. Murphy cozy mystery series, Murder on the Prowl.| Meghan's Whimsical Explorations & Reviews
This is Essay #1 from the panels I was on at the Seattle Worldcon 2025. I was the moderator for “Tales for Eternity: A Reading List”. The description for the panel read: Much earlier sc…| A Deep Look by Dave Hook
Lost Souls Meet Under a Full Moon is a magic realism exploration of grief and the intersection of life and death.| Anime News Network - Review
If you’re looking for true love, it’s in short supply in this series – in a healthy way, at least.| Anime News Network - Review
Whether you read the old English editions or missed them, it's worth picking this up, because you don't have to be an isekai fan (modern or otherwise) to appreciate a book this good.| Anime News Network - Review
Minor Myths and Legends’ second volume may not be quite as fascinating as the first, but it’s still a good read.| Anime News Network
What helps you reclaim your voice after a setback?… Continue reading Norway: Stavanger + Lisa Oliver Success Vid + Latonia Nelson: Poetry Heals→| Happiness Between Tales (and Tails) by da-AL
Have you submitted your work to an editor?… Continue reading Norway 2: Oslo + Jeannie E. Roberts: Tips to Attract Editors→| Happiness Between Tales (and Tails) by da-AL
From performance anxiety to powerful mindset tools, Jeff Greenwald’s The Mental Edge for Young Athletes is here to help kids thrive in sports and beyond!| The Children's Book Review
Hello friends, happy Wednesday! I hope you’re all well. Today I’m posting my review of Carson McCullers’ novel The Heart is a Lonely Hunter. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by: Carson McCullers: John Singer is a mute, and therefore makes the perfect companion to the members of a small town in Georgia. Drawn to… Continue reading Review: The Heart is a Lonely Hunter| Meghan's Whimsical Explorations & Reviews
Hi friends, happy Monday! I hope you’re all doing well! Today I’m posting my review of Tayari Jones’ novel An American Marriage. An American Marriage by: Tayari Jones: Celestial and Roy have just begun to start the rest of their lives together, full of future prospects, living the American Dream, when Roy gets arrested and… Continue reading Review: An American Marriage| Meghan's Whimsical Explorations & Reviews
Hi friends and happy Wednesday! I hope you’re all doing well. I’m still making my way through Shakespeare! In today’s post I’m giving all my thoughts on his plays King Henry V, Much Ado About Nothing & The Merry Wives of Windsor. After an insult from the French Dauphin, King Henry V of England invades… Continue reading The Classics: Shakespeare’s King Henry V, Much Ado About Nothing & The Merry Wives of Windsor| Meghan's Whimsical Explorations & Reviews
Hello friends, happy Monday! I hope you are all well. Today I’m posting my review of book two in the Scholomance trilogy, The Last Graduate by: Namoi Novik.| Meghan's Whimsical Explorations & Reviews
Hi friends, happy Friday! I hope you’re all doing well. I’m back again with another book in my Stephen King project, Misery.| Meghan's Whimsical Explorations & Reviews
Thomas Pynchon’s ninth novel Shadow Ticket is out fifty days from now. In anticipation, there’s a piece today in The Guardian by John Keenan ranking Pynchon’s books to date. I undertook a similar silly project just over a year ago on this blog in a post titled “A(nother) completely subjective and thoroughly unnecessary ranking of… Continue reading Annotations on The Guardian’s ranking of Thomas Pynchon’s books→| Biblioklept
How to find the right writing schedule.| Jim Nelson
The mass of all Ruth knew was a dot in the void. As the dot grew, so too did its perimeter with the void; every factual acquisition indicated a tranche of new unknowns, education the process of bec…| Literary Hub
I asked in a blog some years ago if satire worked. If it does, why is the world in such…| Charles Harris author
Hello friends, happy Wednesday! I hope you’re well! Today I’m posting my review of the third novel in the Stillhouse Lake series, Wolfhunter River by: Rachel Caine.| Meghan's Whimsical Explorations & Reviews
I know. It’s been a while. I’ve been thinking about how I publish my poetry and stories, and concluded that the simple way is the best way. I don’t wish to spend a lot of time and…| Mick Canning
Have you submitted your work to an editor?| Happiness Between Tails by da-AL
Hello friends, happy Monday! I hope you’re all doing well. Today I’m posting my review of Carrie Snyder’s novel, Girl Runner.| Meghan's Whimsical Explorations & Reviews
Hey pals! Happy Wednesday, I hope you’re all keeping well! Today I’m posting my review of Alice Thompson’s novel, Love in the Time of Serial Killers.| Meghan's Whimsical Explorations & Reviews
Hi friends and happy Monday! I hope you’re all doing well. Today I’m posting my review of the fourth novel in the Mrs. Murphy cozy mystery series, Pay Dirt by Rita Mae Brown.| Meghan's Whimsical Explorations & Reviews
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! I hope you’re all well. Today I’m posting my review of the final novel in the Renegades trilogy, Supernova by: Marissa Meyer.| Meghan's Whimsical Explorations & Reviews
The audiobook of A Man Named Baskerville is now available at Apple Books, as well as Audible and Amazon.| Jim Nelson
Author Izumi Ōkido shares how her story twists the standard villainess sub-genre formula, her impressions of the anime adaptation, and why she decided to write a villainess story in the first place.| Anime News Network - Interview
Discover the history behind Oedo Fire Slayer in our interview with author Shōgo Imamura and manga creator Shinobu Seguchi.| Anime News Network - Interview
Damu Amato's novel won grand prize at 2nd Drecom Media Awards| Anime News Network
A partnership between the Taiwan Creative Content Agency and Japanese publisher Media Do has made four of Taiwan's best BL available to English readers now.| Anime News Network - Advertorial
Fantasy series about woman falsely accused of plotting to assassinate a saint has English release on J-Novel Club| Anime News Network
Romantic comedy fantasy series centers on man reincarnated as demon lord's underling, falls in love with priest| Anime News Network
Also: Scenes from Awajima, Please Look After the Dragon, Animan, more| Anime News Network
Old Knight, New Post: From Retiree to Her Majesty's Blade; Worthless at Home, Whiz to the World; The Crown of Rutile Quartz; more titles added| Anime News Network
Studio M2 animates GATE 2: Tides of Conflict anime centered on JMSDF in fantasy world| Anime News Network
Hi friends and happy Friday! I hope you’re all doing well. I’m still making my way through Shakespeare! In today’s post I’m giving all my thoughts on his plays King Richard …| Meghan's Whimsical Explorations & Reviews
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! I hope you’re all doing well. Today I’m posting my review of the second novel in the Stillhouse Lake series, Killman Creek by: Rachel Caine.| Meghan's Whimsical Explorations & Reviews
Discover the top 8 French graphic novels. They are must-read books that showcase exceptional storytelling and artwork and are essential for comic book lovers. The post The 8 French Graphic Novels Everyone Must Read first appeared on Blog.| Blog
Explore the 25 best Western novels of all time with our ultimate guide. Discover tales of courage, adventure, and the spirit of the Old West.| Blog - Book Writing Bureau
DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS Devil in a Blue Dress is celebrating its 35th anniversary. Walter Mosley’s bestseller broke new… The post 35 Years of Devil in a Blue Dress appeared first on Charles Harris author.| Charles Harris author
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! I hope you’re all doing well! Today I’m posting my review of Rebecca Thorne’s novel, Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea.| Meghan's Whimsical Explorations & Reviews
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! I hope you’re all well. Today I’m posting my review of Seanan McGuire’s ninth novel in the Wayward Children series, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known.| Meghan's Whimsical Explorations & Reviews
Is it only considered piracy if the people who do it lack resources and respectability? Apparently so.| Jim Nelson
Contexts is a quarterly magazine that makes cutting-edge social research accessible to general readers.| Contexts
Hi friends and happy Wednesday I hope you’re all doing well. I’m back with another classic read! Today I’m posting my reading update thoughts on Persuasion by: Jane Austen. Persua…| Meghan's Whimsical Explorations & Reviews
Hello friends, happy Monday, the last one of May! I hope you’re all doing well! Today I’m posting my review of Marissa Meyer’s novel, Archenemies, the second novel in the Renegade…| Meghan's Whimsical Explorations & Reviews
Hello friends, happy Wednesday! I hope you’re all doing well. Today I’m posting my review of Rachel Caine & Ann Aguirre’s novel, Honor Lost.| Meghan's Whimsical Explorations & Reviews
Hi friends, happy Monday, I hope you’re all doing well! Today I’m posting my review of Stillhouse Lake by Rachel Caine.| Meghan's Whimsical Explorations & Reviews
Hi friends and happy Friday! I hope you’re all doing well. I’m back with another classic Shakespeare read post! In today’s post I’m giving all my thoughts on his plays A Mid…| Meghan's Whimsical Explorations & Reviews
Hello friends, happy Monday! Today I’m posting my review of Rajinderpal S. Pal’s novel, However Far Away.| Meghan's Whimsical Explorations & Reviews
The final two books in the Bridge Daughter Cycle, Hagar's Mother and Stranger Son, are now on Kobo.| Jim Nelson
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! I hope you’re all doing well. Today I’m posting my review of Naomi Novik’s novel, A Deadly Education.| Meghan's Whimsical Explorations & Reviews
Hello friends, happy Monday! I hope you’re all doing well! Today I’m posting my review of Samantha M. Bailey’s novel, Watch Out for Her.| Meghan's Whimsical Explorations & Reviews
Hello friends, happy Wednesday! I hope you’re all doing well. Today I’m posting my review of Marissa Meyer’s novel Renegades.| Meghan's Whimsical Explorations & Reviews
Hi friends, happy Monday! I hope you’re all doing well! Today I’m posting my review of the third novel in the Mrs. Murphy Mysteries, Murder at Monticello by: Rita Mae Brown.| Meghan's Whimsical Explorations & Reviews
Hi friends and happy Friday! I hope you’re all doing well. I’m back with another classic read! Today I’m posting my reading update thoughts on Don Quixote by: Cervantes. Don Quixo…| Meghan's Whimsical Explorations & Reviews
Hi friends, happy Wednesday, I hope you’re all well! Today I’m posting my review of Stephen Graham Jones’ novel, I Was a Teenage Slasher.| Meghan's Whimsical Explorations & Reviews
Hello friends, happy Monday! I hope you’re all well. Today I’m posting my review of Emma Donoghue’s novel, The Pull of the Stars.| Meghan's Whimsical Explorations & Reviews
Hi friends, happy Friday! I hope you’re all doing well. I’m back again with another book in my Stephen King project, with Thinner.| Meghan's Whimsical Explorations & Reviews
Hi friends, happy Wednesday and happy April! I hope you’re all doing well! Today I’m posting my review if book two in the Honors trilogy by Rachel Caine and Ann Aguirre, Honor Bound.| Meghan's Whimsical Explorations & Reviews
With everyone talking about how AI is going to write novels in the future, these three books by humans could have never been AI.| Charles Harris author
Update on the audiobook of A Man Named Baskerville, and the hardcover edition is about to be released.| Jim Nelson
Bridge Daughter and In My Memory Locked now on Kobo.| Jim Nelson
Why I'm publishing my back catalog to Kobo, and why I've put off doing it for so long.| Jim Nelson
I’ve been doing some clearing out. I must have had around twenty notebooks on my shelves. However, once they’re filled up, they are almost never opened again. Once finished, they’…| Mick Canning
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! I hope you’re all doing well, and if you’re like me, buried in snow, I hope you’re keeping warm! Today I’m posting my review of book one in the …| Meghan's Whimsical Explorations & Reviews
Hi friends, happy Monday! I hope you’re all well! Today I’m posting my review of Kasie West’s novel, Moment of Truth.| Meghan's Whimsical Explorations & Reviews
Hi friends and happy Friday! I hope you’re all doing well. I’m back with another classic Shakespeare read post! In today’s post I’m giving all my thoughts on his plays The T…| Meghan's Whimsical Explorations & Reviews
Hi friends, happy Wednesday, I hope you’re doing well! Today I’m posting my review of Liane Moriarty’s novel Truly Madly Guilty.| Meghan's Whimsical Explorations & Reviews
Hello friends, happy Wednesday! I hope you’re all doing well. Today I’m posting my review of Ashley Audrain’s novel The Whispers.| Meghan's Whimsical Explorations & Reviews
Hi friends, happy Monday, and happy February! I can’t believe it’s already a new month! To kick the month of love off, I’m posting my review of Jamie Wesley’s novel, A Legen…| Meghan's Whimsical Explorations & Reviews
I'm beginning to add more of my back catalog to Kobo, starting with Edward Teller Dreams of Barbecuing People. More titles will follow.| Jim Nelson
Hi friends and happy Monday! I hope you’re all doing well! Today I’m posting my review of Rita Mae Brown’s novel Feline Fatale.| Meghan's Whimsical Explorations & Reviews
And that's a wrap—MX Publishing's Kickstarter for A Man Named Baskerville closed earlier today with 81 backers pledging £1,842 (USD$2,241) toward the upcoming Special Edition hardback. Learn more about A Man Named Baskerville on my web site.| Jim Nelson
A more personal post than usual…| Happiness Between Tails by da-AL
First published in 1975, James Herbert’s second novel The Fog arrived hot on the heels of his million-selling and world-straddling magnum opus debut novel The Rats. A minor Herbert. Clearly rushed …| Taskerland
Welcome to the duel of the year: Rachel versus the merciless blogging slump! They’re trading blows pretty quick– wait Rachel seems to be tiring now and blogging slump is getting an upper hand… oof a… More| A Bookworm's Paradise
Hi friends and happy Wednesday! I hope you’re all doing well. I’m back with another classic read! Today I’m posting my reading update thoughts on The Secret History by: Donna Tart…| Meghan's Whimsical Explorations & Reviews
Hi friends, happy Friday! I hope you are all doing well! Today I’m posting my review of Kate Carlisle’s novel, The Twelve Books of Christmas.| Meghan's Whimsical Explorations & Reviews
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! I hope you’re all doing well. I still have a few more holiday reviews to get through. I thought I’d have them all up before the start of the new year, but t…| Meghan's Whimsical Explorations & Reviews
The Kickstarter for A Man Named Baskerville: Special Edition has raised nearly $1,700 in two weeks, and great donor rewards are still available.| Jim Nelson
From diving deep into topics to adapting novels, bestselling author Blake Crouch shares five ways writers can craft compelling stories.| ScreenCraft
Some time in early 2025, you should expect to see a new hardcover and audiobook of Baskerville. I'm especially excited about the audiobook, as this will be the first one produced for my novels.| Jim Nelson
Flannery O'Connor Previously: Writer's block The year that was 2020 will most likely go down as one of the most significant years of my life: The COVID-19 pandemic, lock-downs and masking, the murder of George Floyd and the ensuing riots, all leading up to the most contentious presidential election...| Jim Nelson
I was thinking about two of my favorite authors of speculative fiction, Cordwainer Smith and James Tiptree, Jr. I have included the cover of Fantasy Book #6 January 1950, where Cordwainer SmithR…| A Deep Look by Dave Hook
Before Sunraku returns in season two, ANN spoke with light novel author Katarina and manga creator Ryōsuke Fuji on fleshing out its VR world.| Anime News Network
Mikako Komatsu, Asami Seto, Minami Tanaka star in fantasy series| Anime News Network
Today is the start of the Interactive Fiction (IF) Competition 2024, which includes my latest IF title, Under the Cognomen of Edgar Allan Poe. Over 67 titles are entered in the competition this year. The great thing about IF Comp is that anyone can play and be a judge.| Jim Nelson
John Turturro in Barton Fink Previously: An all-too-familiar utopia From a novel-writing perspective, 2018 and 2019 was a creative interregnum. After publishing Hagar's Mother in late 2017, I found myself juggling energy between two books.| Jim Nelson
With the dog days of summer upon us, four of my novels are now available on Amazon for the low price of 99¢. Follow the links below to view sample chapters or purchase: A Man Named Baskerville – Sherlock Holmes classic retold In My Memory Locked – Near-future cyberpunk private eye Man in the M...| Jim Nelson
My post on the history of Sherlock Holmes' copyright status has been indexed by Google but is not available via search. In other words, Google's servers have seen the post, they've analyzed the content, but they refuse to add it to their search engine for users to discover.| Jim Nelson
Soup Forest is a story to read when you want to escape from the horrors of the news cycle. It's truly cozy in the sense that it's like reading under a warm blanket in front of the fire.| Anime News Network
Scott Kikkawa’s third novel set in 1950s Territorial Hawai‘i, featuring Honolulu Police Department’s only Japanese American homicide detective, World War II veteran Francis Hideyuki Yoshikawa.| Listen & Be Heard Network
I wished Todd were in town this weekend. We might have gone to dinner and a movie tonight. But he’d gone back to New York for an ACT UP conference. In the last year he’d become increasingly involved in the L.A. chapter of the group. His own health was fine, although, like me, he was a hard-core refusenik when it came to taking the test. He’d lost a number of friends though, more than I had. But then Todd had always had more friends to lose. I’d given money to ACT UP, but resist...| yirt
Each was surprised. Heavy curls hung down on either side of Miss Barrett’s face; large bright eyes shone out; a large mouth smiled. Heavy ears hung down on either side of Flush’s face; his eyes, too, were large and bright: his mouth was wide. There was a likeness between them. As they gazed at each other each felt: Here am I— and then each felt: But how different! Hers was the pale worn face of an invalid, cut off from air, light, freedom. His was the warm ruddy face of a young animal; ...| yirt
“Man has places in his heart which do not yet exist, and into them enters suffering in order that they may have existence.” - Leon Bloy| yirt
At luncheon Julia had no thoughts except for her guest who was coming that day. She drove to the station to meet him and brought him home to tea.| yirt
