by Whitney Smyth | Jul 25, 2017 | Columns, Fantasy, Featured, Interviews, Tweens, Writers on Writing
The Apprentice Witch is a middle grade fantasy novel with all the charm of Harry Potter, but a magic all its own. From the rich world building to its spunky characters, this is a book that will have readers clamoring for more. I had a chance to meet with James during...
by Whitney Smyth | Jul 11, 2017 | Author Spotlight, Columns, Featured, General Fiction, Humor, Interviews
Steven Rowley’s debut book, Lily and the Octopus is a quirky and heartfelt read that on the surface tells the story of a man’s love for his dying dog, but surprisingly delves so much deeper. The book is laugh out loud funny, and is also likely to make you...
by Guest Author | Jun 20, 2017 | Columns, Featured, Writers on Writing
Earlier this evening my son and I were in the kitchen singing along with the Disturbed cover of “Sound of Silence.” A huge swelling outcry against the inability to connect with the world around you, that descending, inevitable trailing into loneliness. I looked up...
by Guest Author | May 30, 2017 | Columns, Featured, Writers on Writing
Magical Realism manifests as extraordinary events beside the real: sometimes we call it magical realism, sometimes speculative, sometimes slipstream, and sometimes fabulist. A rose by any other name, right? Whatever we call it, that innovative fiction is a fiction of...
by Mary-Lynne Monroe | May 10, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Featured, Religion, Sponsored, Travel
Having grown up in a Catholic family, discussions often focused on a wide variety and number of appearances by Mary. Due to those family talks, I recall the first time the visions at Medjugorje rippled out to public recognition. Judith T. Lambert’s slender volume, A...
by Jim Stewart | Apr 25, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Featured, Interviews, New Age, Religion
Judith Lambert’s memoir of her spiritual journey opens with a dream sequence that has her rising through darkness until she encounters a bright light. “I am drawn irresistibly to it. Instantly it is near, and at once I experience an overpowering physical sensation of...
