Sweaty profanities fill the air as the expectant mother paces back and forth across the room. Pant, pant, pant, breathe. Pant, pant, pant, breathe. After months of preparation it's finally time. She'd read every book she could find on the birth process, studied all the required blogs, gone to classes, written journals and made crafts. Every … Continue reading On having a Book Baby.
Books
It’s time for you to read a new book!
Time to add a new book to your TBR! I'm looking for ARC readers and reviews for my Epic Fantasy YA novel coming out on March 17.
But I Want To Have It Now!
There has been a shit-storm of venomous bloggery lately both attacking and defending the independent (indie) publishing industry and the authors who choose to self-publish this way. I will confess that I've been guilty of contributing to the recriminations and jumping in to support my view that self-publishing is not only viable but in some cases preferable. … Continue reading But I Want To Have It Now!
Time to pimp things out!
Sometimes pain is the greatest teacher.
Just assume your reader is stupid!
Really?! This is one of the first things I was told when I talked to people about writing Y'keta. I was told to keep it simple, make it move fast, and assume that your readers are stupid. As an example I was given a few 'teen' books to read. They weren't bad books, but if … Continue reading Just assume your reader is stupid!
May You Dance.
My character Siann stepped off the Sky Road this year. Raised as the only child of the village Elder she knew from birth that her life was a straight road to responsibility. She would study, learn, take over her mother's position and never leave the expected path. Then in one brutal night her mother was dead, her … Continue reading May You Dance.
Myths, Monsters and the Marvel Universe.
If you ask someone of my father’s generation who Thor or Loki were, you would get this for an answer. “They were ancient Norse gods.” Ask a young person that question now and you will get a twenty-minute history of the Marvel movies, the alternate timelines involved in the Infinity War, and a treatise on why … Continue reading Myths, Monsters and the Marvel Universe.
Legends around the campfire
I know my voices tend to overrun me at times. Between the writer, mother, wife, and worker there is just too much to process for just one human. How do you think Y'keta will assimilate all the voices that howl in his mind?
I Myth’d
Hi, My name is Sandra Hurst, author of the fantasy novel. Y’keta. As a child growing up in England stories and legends surrounded me. My mum made me understand at an early age, how important imagination was. We had an old set of encyclopedias that contained sections called ‘stories from around the world’ and I … Continue reading I Myth’d
Giftapalooza 2016
Though Christmas is still a while away, I wanted to ask for a moment of your time to talk to you about a cause that’s near and dear to my heart: Giftapalooza. Giftapalooza is an online charity event started by best selling author T.E. Ridener in 2013. Her only goal the first year that time was to help … Continue reading Giftapalooza 2016
delusions of literacy 