Something Wicked Tour: P.H. Solomon Discusses Dwarfish Dress-Ups

Ciao, amici! Welcome to the fifth and final day of Story Empire's Something Wicked Tour. I'm ending my hosting duties with a post by P.H. Solomon. Our resident fantasy author is going to talk dwarves and dress-up. It's going to be a "fantastic" post. (See what I did there? Fantasy... Fantastic... Get it?) Anyway, take …

Something Wicked Tour: Harmony Kent Discusses FALLOUT

Ciao, amici! Welcome to the fourth day of Story Empire's Something Wicked Tour. Today, I am pleased to welcome Harmony Kent, who is going to talk about her novel, Fallout, and evil despots. Take it away, Harmony! Hello everyone, Harmony here. Thanks for hosting me today, Staci! It's great to visit with you and your …

Something Wicked Tour: C.S. Boyack Discusses Main Characters in Team-Ups

Ciao, amici! Welcome to the third day of Story Empire's Something Wicked Tour. Today, I am delighted to welcome C.S. Boyack, who is going to talk about Viral Blues, his first foray into a team-up story. Take it away, Craig! Thanks for having me over, Staci. This is my daily stop on the Story Empire …

Something Wicked Tour: Mae Clair Discusses Spirit Circles and Ouija Boards

Ciao, amici! It's the second day of Story Empire's Something Wicked Tour. Yesterday, Mae Clair was kind enough to host me. Today, I'm returning the favor. It gives me great pleasure to welcome her to my site. She's going to talk about how spirit circles and ouija boards factored into her novel, Cusp of Night. …

Something Wicked Tour: Joan Hall Discusses the Root of All Evil

Ciao, amici! All this week, instead of my usual features, I'm happy to be hosting my fellow SE authors in a promotional event. Without further ado... Welcome to the first day of Story Empire's Something Wicked Tour. Today, I am delighted to welcome Joan Hall, who is going to talk about her novel, Unseen Motives, …

Fictional Bad Boys: 3 Questions

Ciao, amici. Charles E. Yallowitz has been writing a series of posts on his site, Legends of Windemere, about bad boys in fiction. (You should have seen my links to the first two posts on Friday's list of links.) Today, he asked for reader interaction. I thought it would be fun to play along, answer …

Celebrate Michelangelo’s Birthday with a Story

Ciao, amici! Today is a special day. March 6, 1475 was the birthday of none other than Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, a man so talented in so many things, he was known as il divino, or the divine one. The world has changed a lot in the 544 years since his birth, but the …

Mediums and Spirit Cabinets (Research for Cusp of Night)

I love hosting authors here, and I'm never happier to do it than when I know the writer and her work---and LOVE both. Mae Clair has been here before, and she's always entertaining and always offering a fascinating story. Today is no exception. She's releasing her latest novel, Cusp of Night, the first of her newest …

Light My Fire (Says Author Joan Hall)

I can't tell you all how happy I am to be hosting today's guest. We've been friends for years and have had stories published in the same anthologies, but I don't think we've ever released novels so close to each other before. Today, let's celebrate Joan Hall's latest release, Unknown Reasons, and welcome her back …

City Sidewalks

♩  ♪  ♫  ♬   City sidewalks, busy sidewalks...  ♬  ♫  ♪ ♩ That's all I feel safe in saying. That's a common enough phrase, but beyond this could be copyright issues. Still, if you want to hear the song and get in the mood, here you go: Okay, so what's the point in all this? Well, …