Month: May 2012

  • Karen Victoria Smith

      Karen Victoria Smith grew up with an Irish grandmother who tried to teach her the old ways and watched horror movies with her in the dark. KV lives in New Jersey with her family who patiently allow her to believe that in a 24-hour world the monsters are real. You can find her books…

  • Review of Karen Wyle's Science Fiction Novel Twin Bred

    In Karen Wyle's science fiction novel, [amazon-product text=”Twin Bred” type=”text”]B005VDVHQ2[/amazon-product], humans have been living on a distant planet called Tofran for seventy years and have yet to find a way to communicate with the native species, the Tofa. The Tofa don't communicate through words, their faces are featureless so reading their expressions is out of…

  • Karen Wyle

    Karen A. Wyle was born a Connecticut Yankee, but eventually settled in Bloomington, Indiana, home of Indiana University. She now considers herself a Hoosier. Wyle's childhood ambition was to be the youngest ever published novelist. While writing her first novel at age 10, she was mortified to learn that some British upstart had beaten her…

  • Interview with Heather Huffman author of Jailbird

    Hey friends! Today I'm very excited to have Heather Huffman, author of Jailbird, join us at the bar. I met Heather a few months ago through the lovely people at Booktrope and after reading her novel, Jailbird, I thought, “Karen, you need to interview this woman.” So, without further ado, here is the lovely Heather Huffman!…

  • When Life Gets Rocky, Add Some Scotch – Interview on Angelica Dawson's Blog

    This past week I was honored to be interviewed by erotica and romance author Angelica Dawson. We talked about blogging, writing and family. Check it out! When Life Gets Rocky, Add Some Scotch

  • Review: Hope Road by John Barlow

    In [amazon-product text=”Hope Road” type=”text”]B006LWJ75K[/amazon-product], the first mystery in a series of nine books, John Barlow introduces us to John Ray, a son of a notorious criminal, who uses his father's past to save his friend's future. John Ray is the white sheep of the family, his father, Tony Ray, a used car dealer, was…

  • John Barlow

    John was born in West Yorkshire, England, in 1967. He worked as a musician before studying English Literature at Cambridge University and language acquisition at Hull University. After teaching English for several years, he moved to Spain to write full-time, and has been there ever since. He is married to Susana, with whom he has…