Picture this: You’re reading a story live on a blog, the character just having posted about her latest predicament, and you have the opportunity (through commenting) to suggest her next move. Maybe there are photographs to help you visualize a murder scene, and you can try to spot something out of place. Or maybe she’s […]
Author Archive: Christine
The New Scent of Books
For those of us in love with reading, we have long associated hours of pleasure with the smell of paper. Our sense of smell, being hugely involved in the creation of memories, will lull us into that sense of pleasure from the moment we pick up a paperback, before we’ve even read a word. In […]
Free Short Story: Signs
Before there was Touch of Fate… ….there was Signs, a short story which introduced Marianne and her daughter into my life. I wrote Signs in 2003, then set it aside for almost a year. I remembered it when I took an on-line course on writing a mystery novel, at which point Touch of Fate was […]
Interview With Publisher Lida Quillen of Twilight Times
Since next week is “Read an Ebook Week,” I decided to sit down and talk to a woman who has been in the ebook publishing business from the start. Ebook publication wasn’t on my radar when I submitted Touch of Fate to Twilight Times in 2005. I wanted to see my book in print, and […]
Get Touch of Fate for Free
Read an Ebook Week is March 4th-11th! As part of the celebration, Twilight Times Books will be offering the ebook version of Touch of Fate for FREE until March 10, 2012! PDF ePub Kindle Mobi ___________________________________________________________________________ Marianne knows the future can’t be changed, but sometimes even a lifetime of experience can’t keep her from […]
Choose Your Own Adventure: The Haunted House
Geared for younger children, The Haunted House contains a very simple premise: Your dog chases a cat into a spooky old house. Now, what do you do? This book gives children the opportunity to make their own choices, and create their own story. If you ever chose your own adventure as a kid, you’re familiar […]
Choose Your Own Adventure
Last week, when I reviewed Can You Survive the Zombie Apocalypse?, I mentioned my love of “Choose Your Own Adventure” books, but I had no idea that the old series was back, this time published through a new company called Chooseco. A representative of the company contacted me after seeing my (fairly negative) review of […]
Tips for Writers: Giving Books Away
A few years ago, before we moved to the Kansas City area, my husband and I had a moving sale to get rid of all those things we didn’t want to drag 300+ miles to our new home. One of those items, an old console TV, had been given to my husband for free, and […]
The Art of Rereading
I have been caught up in a frenzy of re-reading lately, which I confess is why my book review section has been a little thin. When I looked back over my last few reviews I cringed to see so many negative or lukewarm reviews. It made me feel like a horribly picky or pessimistic person […]
Tips for Writers: Take Your Artist for a Walk
If you’re reading this right now, perhaps it is because you’ve run out of steam or inspiration, and have sought refuge among someone else’s words. Don’t get me wrong — I’m happy for you to take refuge in my words, especially in my books, but not because you’ve run out of steam or inspiration for […]