Monthly Archives: November 2012

Quote and Song of the Week

Apologies for the belated weekend post. So without further ado, here’s this week’s quote and song to make Monday more manageable. 

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Blood, She Read – A Review

Title: Blood, She Read Author: Sara Hubbard Genre: YA paranormal Publisher: Etopia Press Blurb: Seventeen-year old Petra Maras lives a charmed life—but only in the magical sense. Her absentee father is a criminal, her mother is emotionally dead, and everyone … Continue reading

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Clutch by J. A. Huss

Today I’m pleased to welcome J. A. Huss to Off the Page chatting about her new book, Clutch. J. A. Huss never took a creative writing class in her life. Some would say it shows. Others might cut her some slack. She … Continue reading

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Pushcart Prize nominations

  I am honoured and thrilled to announce that my short story Where Dreams are Grown published by Niteblade September 2012 has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize Best of the Small Presses literary award. You can read more about the nominees … Continue reading

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Top Ten Tuesday: Desert Island Reads

This week’s topic from The Broke and the Bookish is my Top Ten Books I’d Want On A Deserted Island… I’m taking the liberty of assuming this also implies a desert island.

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The Sixth Precept by Larry Ivkovich

Today I’m pleased to welcome Larry Ivkovich to Off the Page, chatting about his new book The Sixth Precept . Larry Ivkovich is an IT professional and the author of several science fiction, fantasy and horror short stories and novellas, published online and … Continue reading

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Quote and Song of the Week

  Today’s quote comes from T.S Elliot’s poem The Hollow Men…    

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Revision – A Writer’s Worst Nightmare?

During my daily excursions on the World Wide Web, I’ve chatted to a number of writers and seen a great number of tweets that all say the same thing: Writing the first draft is exciting/exhilirating/awesome/the-best-thing-ever and that any edits and … Continue reading

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Kavachi’s Rise: Author Interview

Today I’m pleased to welcome Mike Kearby to Off the Page chatting about his new book Kavachi’s Rise. From Wikipedia: Mike Kearby (born 1952) is an American novelist and inventor. Since 2005, Kearby has published ten novels, one graphic novel, and written two screenplays: (2011) … Continue reading

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RTW: Best October Read

This Week’s Topic is:  What was the best book you read in October?

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