Genre: Coloring Book Targeted Age Group: Adult Steam/Violence Level: (Ranked from 1 to 5, as noted by the author): 1 - Clean read/not a lot of violence Award-winning artist Mary Ogle’s Orangeroof Zoo is the next logical step in the adult coloring book revolution. Combining finely crafted and detailed line drawings with a fascinating narrative, Orangeroof Zoo is both coloring book and graphic novel. The book begins with a curious summons. L receives a piece of unsolicited correspondence … [Read more...] about FEATURED BOOK: Orangeroof Zoo by Mary Ogle
Interview with Author – Mary Ogle
About Mary Ogle: Mary Ogle is the author and illustrator of “Orangeroof Zoo” a whimsical tale told through the pages of a coloring book. Working as a professional artist in the digital medium, Mary’s commissions have included everything from fine art to fan art, book covers, illustration and book design. Mary currently finds inspiration in the Ojai Valley, residing in a snug little cottage with a recalcitrant cat. What inspires you to write? I can’t remember a time that books weren’t a huge … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Mary Ogle
Interview with Author – S.D. Smith
About S.D. Smith: S.D. Smith is a new novelist from southwestern Pennsylvania. A graphic designer by education, S.D. Smith has been writing stories since high school. It's only been in the past two years that she has begun to take her imagination seriously. An avid fiction reader, some of her favorite authors are Anne Rice, Charlaine Harris, Neil Gaiman, James Patterson and William Shakespeare. She is proud to present her debut novel "The Secrets of Slade Sanders". Writing each of her novels … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – S.D. Smith
Interview with Author – Borne Wilder
About Borne Wilder: I write to entertain myself as much as anyone else, as far as articles and short stories are concerned, but the time that gets invested into a novel, well it seems almost criminal not to find others to read it. I’m not an award winning anything. I write stuff. I use a unique voice to convey my ideas. The most common question I’m asked after someone reads something of mine is, “Where do you get your ideas?” I really don’t know. I guess I see things through funny colored … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Borne Wilder
Interview with Author – Robin Gregory
About Robin Gregory: I‘m a devoted wife and mother, writer, and occasional land surveyor. Born in Pensacola, Florida, I grew up in California, accompanied by seven siblings, and surrounded by horses, real cowboys, and the occasional rattlesnake. I’ve always been drawn to helping others, a trait that began, to my mother’s horror, with bringing home swallow chicks stricken from their nests. I’ve worked as a journalist, lay minister, and infant massage instructor for mothers and babies at risk. … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Robin Gregory
Interview with Author – Kate Robinson
About Kate Robinson: Kate began her literary career writing bad poetry at age ten. After working as a grocery clerk, nursing assistant and home health aide, city bus driver, museum aide, a variety of clerical positions, and K-12 substitute teacher, all while studying and raising a family, scribbling looked like a suitable diversion. Kate honed her creative writing and editing chops in Arizona, California, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, New Mexico, Wales, and Kenya, which serves her well as chief … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Kate Robinson
Interview with Author – Daniel Arthur Smith
About Daniel Arthur Smith: Daniel Arthur Smith is the author of the international bestsellers HUGH HOWEY LIVES, THE CATHARI TREASURE, THE SOMALI DECEPTION, and a few other novels and short stories. He was raised in Michigan and graduated from Western Michigan University where he studied philosophy, with focus on cognitive science, meta-physics, and comparative religion. He began his career as a bartender, barista, poetry house proprietor, teacher, and then became a technologist and futurist … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Daniel Arthur Smith
Interview with Author – Adria J. Cimino
About Adria J. Cimino: Adria J. Cimino is the author of novels “Paris, Rue des Martyrs” and “Close to Destiny” and is co-founder of indie publishing house Velvet Morning Press (http://www.velvetmorningpress.com). She also is a contributor to short story anthology “That’s Paris.” Prior to jumping into the publishing world full time, she spent more than a decade as a journalist at news organizations including The AP and Bloomberg News. Adria is a member of Tall Poppy Writers a community of … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Adria J. Cimino
Losing it by Elizabeth Armstrong
Kate Winters is more than ready to chalk up the sudden invasion of trolls and knife wielding pixies to an inconveniently timed mental breakdown, after all with a serial killer on the loose it’s not as if London is short of real monsters. Still reeling from the loss of her husband and a long way from home, Kate doesn’t have any plans beyond just getting by but there are some things you just can walk away from, no matter the cost. In over her head she soon finds out that the only way to get … [Read more...] about Losing it by Elizabeth Armstrong
The Ghost in the Closet by M. K. Theodoratu
Some say the ability of seeing ghosts is a gift, but after losing her job, Dumdie Swartz says, “Hogwash”. Since she was a child, Dumdie has seen ghosts and has developed several quirks to cover the fact so she wouldn’t need to explain herself or be exploited. When her boss witnesses several of these occasions, he fires her, thinking that she suffers from a mental issue that could be a liability to his business. Without a job and money, Dumdie becomes just another old, homeless woman … [Read more...] about The Ghost in the Closet by M. K. Theodoratu
Interview with Author – Terri Herman-Ponce
About Terri Herman-Ponce: Terri looks for any opportunity to make stuff up. She thinks anything that can’t so easily be explained is worth an extra look and often makes a great story. She loves red wine, scotch, sunrises, Ancient Egypt, the beach—and a host of other stuff that would take too much real estate to talk about. The youngest of five children, Terri lives with her husband and son on Long Island. And, in her next life, if she hasn’t moved on to somewhere else, she wants to be an … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Terri Herman-Ponce
Bowlful of Bunnies by L.S. Engler @lsengler
This book is bargain priced from 09/07/2014 until 11/12/2028 Whimsy and wonder, love and loss, humor and horror. This collection of 17 short stories from author L.S. Engler will enchant readers with a variety of multi-genre tales that spark the imagination, being a new twist to familiar characters, and visit locales both familiar and strange. With stories spanning nearly a decade of writing, there's a little bit of everything in this volume. Targeted Age Group: Adult Book Price: … [Read more...] about Bowlful of Bunnies by L.S. Engler @lsengler
