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Interview: A.N. Drea (Spiral Razor)

I am so honored to have Ms. Drea here today to tell us a little more about her novel, Shot in the Dark: A Killian McBride Novel (Volume 1). My trusted friend and vigilante reviewer extraordinaire, DevoGirl recommended this book to me and I’m glad that she did. I enjoyed it very much. (See the review from a few weeks ago). So, here is the author to assuage our curiosity… 1) Where did the idea for this story come from? The idea for this story was a long process. Killian himself started out as a character in a fan fiction. He was the result of watching too much Zatoichi and Highlander:The Series, concurrently. I tried him out in various incarnations until I found one that I liked. Jesse sort of evolved on his own, and the story went from there. 2) Were...

Friday Story: Home Country

I’ve had a really excellent response to this story in the one place it’s been posted. So I’d like to share it with you guys today. A sequel for it is also bouncing around in my brain and gaining momentum. I’m starting to look at this as the first part in a serialized story. (Make sure to sign up for my newsletter so you’ll get a notice when it comes out!) Let me know in the comments whether you’ve enjoyed this story! Thanks 🙂 Audio Version available here: HomeCountry (28 minutes long) Home Country By Ruth Madison Copyright 2011 by Ruth Madison When Priankya travels from India to America for an arranged marriage, she discovers why the groom’s family accepted her poor family and bad horoscope Priyanka spent most of the...

Monday Book Review: The Squeaky Wheel

The Squeaky Wheel- An Unauthorized Autobiography Review… Summary: This one is a memoir, so it’s a little bit different from the romances I often review. It’s the story of how a young man goes in for an easy surgery and comes out a quadriplegic. The Good: I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this book. New injury stories are not my favorite and I was worried that it would be very bitter and angry. It wasn’t. It wasn’t exactly chipper either, but I felt like it really captured this young man’s experience perfectly (not easy to do, even when you’re telling your own story!). It’s easy (for me, anyway) to forget that a disabled person often started out able-bodied and doesn’t know what to make of a sudden change...