Ziggy Schutz Shares Her Favorite Character in Twice-Spent Comet

Welcome Ziggy Schutz to the blog! Ziggy’s latest novella, Twice-Spent Comet is out now and it is absolutely beautiful. Such a heartwarming story of found family and romantic love. The structure is so well-done with snippets of an omniscient narrator at the beginning of each chapter introducing elements of the story. There is a big Read More …

Review of Paper Girls Book One

I’ve been on a bit of a graphic novel kick lately and this one was so enjoyable. Set in the 80’s, four kickass paper girls run into all kinds of madness and mayhem. Scifi, timetravel, monsters, humor all converge to make this a really fun, fast-paced romp! A real stranger things vibe for sure. I Read More …

Witchcraft: A Graphic History

I just recently got my hands on the graphic novel Witchcraft: A Graphic History: Stories of wise women, healers and magic by Lindsay Squire (Author) and Lisa Salsi (Illustrator). I thoroughly enjoyed this engaging exploration of the historical, cultural, and mythological dimensions of witchcraft. This book dives into how witches have been perceived over centuries—often Read More …

Thoughts on Joel Dane’s The Ragpicker

This book floored me. A dystopian novel with two unlikely companions. Ysmany is a young girl fleeing her community in order to save a baby from a military grade twitch (human who voluntarily chose a technologically advanced “secondskin” suit making them essentially hybrid tech/human) who leads the community and rids them of any perceived threats. Read More …

Talking to People About Your Book by Kat Hausler

Welcome Kat Hausler, author of What I Know About July: Writers usually have a lot to say. Otherwise, we wouldn’t fill up whole manuscripts. Somehow, though, the moment someone asks what your book is about, you may find yourself floundering for ideas, wishing you had the back cover so you could hastily plagiarize from the Read More …