Author Features

5 August 2015

My own experience as a refugee by Lily Amis author of Destination: Freedom

As a child I was privileged to grow up in a great country and in a beautiful home filled with the love and care of my amazing mum and my ...

4 August 2015

10 kinds of book to take with you while you travel by Elizabeth Gowing

Every reader knows that a book becomes a friend, and every traveller knows that the book you take with you becomes your travelling companion. For good or bad, the voice ...

4 August 2015

5 reasons standup helped my creative writing by Dominick Reyntiens

I was semi retired and trying my hand as a writer of historical fiction. When not writing, by way of relaxation, I would watch standup comics. Like any skill, writing ...

22 July 2015

Top 5 books with missing children by Sarah Ward

Thirty years earlier two sisters disappear from a shopping mall. Their whereabouts are never discovered and family and friends torture themselves with how two teenagers can just suddenly disappear without ...

21 July 2015

Ten ways being a forensic anthropologist has helped my writing by Kathy Reichs

I'm a forensic anthropologist, and, of course, an author. Forensics is the application of a broad spectrum of sciences to questions of interest to the legal system. Locard's Exchange ...

18 July 2015

How to Buy a Book in Ten Steps by Jesse Ball

If there is even one misstep, I throw it down. A book is worth reading because of the author's mind! If the mind proves suspect, discard it. ...

15 July 2015

The 10 great advantages of the self-publishing world by Jonathan Whitelaw

If there's one aspect of writing that can have a devastating effect on work its confidence. Or, more accurately, a lack of confidence. The world of self-publishing is a fantastic ...

14 July 2015

10 things author Matthew Redford wants you to know about him

I strongly believe there isn't a single plate of food which couldn't be improved by adding an extra sausage. Or some bacon. Or an extra sausage and some bacon. Without ...

10 July 2015

10 Things I want you to know about me by Kaitlynn Mendes

1) I am super into sports. Growing up, I was a competitive gymnast, wrestler and rugby player. In high school I was two-time provincial ...

7 July 2015

Top ten reasons to live in New York by Boris Fishman

A Replacement Life by Boris Fishman is published by ONE ...

7 July 2015

7 Things that inspire my drawings by Eglantine de La Fontaine

My beautiful hometown in l'Auvergne. This is where I was lucky enough to grow up, amongst hills, forests and creatures - almost everything you will discover in My Magical Oasis. ...

6 July 2015

Top ten reasons why thirtysomethings make great writers by Joanna Bolouri

Every writer throws part of themselves into their characters but it's also useful to have a hate bank of people who have wronged you. Just cleverly rename them and ...