About Mallah-Divine Mallah: Mallah-Divine Mallah weaves today's hot-button social issues with the language of an urbanite reality. He crafts tales so vivid you have to wonder are they autobiographical. He pushes the envelope to where urban entertainment should be. His novel reflects the Black American experience. The aggressive tone of his work is refreshing and promotes a what if scenario. What if an urban guerilla organization come into existence in the cities of America. It is a thought … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Mallah-Divine Mallah
Interview with Author – Vic Fortezza
About Vic Fortezza: I was born in Brooklyn in 1950 to Sicilian immigrants. I graduated from Western Michigan University in 1971. I've worked as a golf course attendant, bar tender, teachers' aide, assistant high school football coach, and data entry supervisor on the commodities trading floor in Manhattan. I've had more than 50 short stories published worldwide. I have five books in print: novels Close to the Edge, Adjustments, Killing & Exchanges, and story collection A Hitch in Twilight. … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Vic Fortezza
Angel on My Shoulder by Arlene Rains Graber @GraberRains
This book is bargain priced from 05/06/2014 until 05/19/2014 Pringle Taylor is thirty, single, tall, lean, smart, and involved in a two-year relationship with Hunter Wilson. Her third floor walk-up in Brooklyn's Park Slope distruct is decorated just the way she likes it, and she is rewarded every day teaching at-risk children. Crisis hits when the head master at her school suddenly closes due to economics, and Hunter unexpectedly proposes. What to do. While she is fond of Hunter, theirs is … [Read more...] about Angel on My Shoulder by Arlene Rains Graber @GraberRains
The Crazy Life of a Kid From Brooklyn by Bill Morgenstein
Hilarious rendition of: Bklyn - 30's, 40's 50's Stuyvesant H.S. (NY) - 40's U of Alabama - early 50's Army: Ft. Jackson (Basic), Ft. Mcclellan (Chem Corp), Korea Pres. of a corp.before 35 yrs old. Encounters/ Sgt York, Cordell Hull, Jomo Kenyatta, Nando Parrado, Regina, Vince Camuto, Peter Drucker : https://www.createspace.com/4506978 The book starts with my family & my best friend Louie, who constantly got me in trouble both in and out of school. In spite of this we … [Read more...] about The Crazy Life of a Kid From Brooklyn by Bill Morgenstein
Creating a Detailed Back Story for my Main Characters – Guest Post by Ann Streetman @AnnStreetman
Character development for novels entails creating a detailed back story for the lead characters. For me, it is important to create the back story for the main characters before I start the plot. I may know in general where the story is going and how it will end, but for detailed plotting I must know what these particular characters would and would not do. For the female lead, I want to have in writing when and where she was born; a little information about her parents; where she lived before … [Read more...] about Creating a Detailed Back Story for my Main Characters – Guest Post by Ann Streetman @AnnStreetman
