Great News! Gwynne Stanker’s short story, Big Rock Candy Mountain, recently appeared in the Sunlight Press Magazine’s August edition. ABOUT THE STORY: This humorous, contemporary short story features a weathered old prospector and his mule “Bessie” pitted against an unscrupulous rare stones jeweler, and a huge mining company–all three seeking […]

An Interview by Deborah L. Brewer A debut novel, like other firsts, requires the mastery of various skills along a steep learning curve, including language, story mechanics, and professionalism. Like climbing Mt. Everest, publishing may be a profound personal accomplishment, but neither is achieved alone. There are other achievers along […]

Congratulations to Samuel Jennings Vinson on the recent release of his debut picture book: THE HIPPOPOTAMUS THESAURUS: A HEFTY MENAGERIE OF DELECTABLE WORDS, VOLUME 1 (August 15 from R & Stone House Publishing). The author has traveled through valleys of verbiage, an abyss of adjectives, healthy servings of humor, and […]

Congratulations to Betty Derr May. Her small-town mystery, KIDNAPPED HEARTS, recently released from MaiTai Publishing. ABOUT THE BOOK: Jax realized that sometimes the most dangerous mysteries are the ones that lie hidden in the shadows. In the heart-pounding case of a kidnapped girl, time is of the essence. Finding her […]