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L. Leander Announces New Non-Fiction Title

Author L. Leander is pleased to announce the release of her new non-fiction reference book, 13 Extreme Tips to Self Publishing.

13 Extreme Tips to Self Publishing by L. Leander is the go-to book for those who are new to the world of writing and publishing a book. It’s a short, concise guide of tips to guide the writer through the maze of questions that crop up when navigating the road to finish and make a book available to the public. The author has included things “I wish I’d known” as she makes suggestions to ease the stress of self-publishing. Links to helpful sites are included. Are you thinking about taking the self-publishing route? Confused about where to start? Then this book is for you!

13 Extreme Tips to Self Publishing was released on December 25, 2012 and is currently available from Amazon.com and Amazon UK.

What Can Theatre Do For You?

A Guest Post
by Benjamin Steele

Some time ago I was approached by my mum, Carolyn Steele, who wanted my opinion for a blog post. She said it was about characters, what makes them flat or page-leapy, and how we feel about our creations. She had to stop me when I started to ramble about Stanislavski, and we decided there might be a post in how an actor’s method could benefit the fiction writer. I would like to share with you how my experience as an actor and playwright helps my development of prose characters.

So you’ve got a character that comes off a little flat, a little boring—he’s just zis guy you know? I’ve heard all sorts of tips for giving characters a little more life: the most common being physical or personality quirks, and rich backgrounds that shape their development. While these are undoubtedly useful tools for both the writer and the actor, I consider them to be traps. These should be supplementary tools, second to the arguably most important influence on a character’s action: Dreams of the future. Continue reading “What Can Theatre Do For You?”

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Charles Ray Announces New Title

Author Charles Ray is pleased to announce the release of his new mystery novel, Dead Men Don’t Answer.

When a young woman’s fiance, supposedly dead for six months, answers his telephone, she turns to DC private investigator Al Pennyback for help. Al finds himself hip deep in corporate fraud, greed, international terrorism, and manipulation of people in DC’s African immigrant community. Just when he thought the puzzle of the dead man at the other end of the phone couldn’t get any more complex, he learns that a ghost from his past, from a military operation that went badly awry, has come back to haunt him, and the victim might in fact not be a victim, but a killer.

Dead Men Don’t Answer was released on December 15, 2012 and is currently available from Amazon.com and Amazon UK.