Authors & Interviews

BOOK REVIEW | WRETCH: or THE UNBECOMING OF PORCELAIN KHAW | ERIC LAROCCA  BOOK REVIEW | WRETCH: or THE UNBECOMING OF PORCELAIN KHAW DESCRIPTION From rising horror star and award-winning author of Things Have Gotte... Book Reviews May 13, 2026

Written Between Moments: Finishing a First Draft. Marking the completion of my novel's first draftWhere the story ends (for now)Finishing a first draft brings you to two words every writer l... Authors & Interviews Mar 28, 2026

Gillian Reads: The Tree and the Mountain by Jonathan Cave | Inspirational Fiction Book Review As both a writer and a reader, I’m always drawn to books that offer more than just a story — the kind that leave you thinking long after you... Book Reviews Feb 21, 2026

Gillian Reads - Mysteries of the Other Side. Book one: The Hidden Story, by George Begg Gillian reads, Mysteries of the Other SideToday’s review is the first in an intriguing new series, Mysteries of the Other Side, written by G... Book Reviews Dec 01, 2025

Gillian Reads, Wherever You Will Go—a historical, romantic mystery, by Fran Clark. I was fortunate to be approached by Fran Clark to review her newest book, "Wherever You Will Go." I initially became acquainted with Fran du... Book Reviews Jun 18, 2025

Marguerite of Anjou - A woman scorned... by Judith ArnoppI first came across Marguerite while I was at university where I was struck by her unjust legacy. I spent many years researc... Authors & Interviews Jun 12, 2025

Gillian Reads, The Haunting: AKA Operation Orphanage Rescue. A children's middle-grade chapter book by Kristin Fulton. Gillian Young reads "The Haunting" to her golden retrievers, Poppy and Devon.Children’s fiction and the supernatural are two of my favourite... Book Reviews May 10, 2025

The influence of the Anglo-Saxon language on modern English by Toni Mount      As an author, I’m fascinated by the English language with all its quirky words, strange spellings and vast vocabulary which gives write... Authors & Interviews Sep 30, 2024

Relationships and Affinity During the Wars of the Roses by C.F. Dunn What do recent politics, a cost of living crisis, and a pandemic have in common with a mid-fifteenth century civil war? A faile... Authors & Interviews Jul 11, 2024

British Women at War: The Role of the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) in WWII   From the start of the war, British women were encouraged to volunteer for one of the three women's auxiliary military services: Auxiliary... Authors & Interviews Jun 25, 2023

Elizabeth I at Table  by Sandra Byrd "Queen Elizabeth was an intellectual," Colin Spencer tells us in his book British Food: An Extraordinary Thousand Years of H... Authors & Interviews Feb 03, 2023

Should You Ever Print Your Book On Demand? This guest post is by Reedsy writer, Desiree Villena. In this digital day and age, it can be hard to know whether printing physical books is... Book Reviews Mar 03, 2020

Draft2Digital Adds Google Play Distributor for Your Ebooks This is a great addition by Draft2Digital for important retailers to work with. Google Play sells a lot of books for indie authors. Smashwor... Authors & Interviews Feb 28, 2019

2nd Annual Smashwords End of Year Sale (Christmas-New Year’s Day) For authors interested in participating, here are the details: Welcome to the enrollment page for the 2nd annual Smashwords End of Year sale... Authors & Interviews Dec 20, 2018

CreateSpace (CSP) and Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) Become One Not a surprise to many self-published authors to hear that Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing (for ebooks) and CreateSpace (for paperbacks) a... Authors & Interviews Sep 22, 2018

Draft2Digital Adds Discoverability for 2018 Draft2Digital has stepped up their game. Over the past year D2D has made nice additions that further their distinction from Smashwords, anot... Authors & Interviews Feb 06, 2018

Draft2Digital Adds Ebook Templates Formatting ebooks has always been a challenge for self-publishers. Smashwords, the original ebook distributor, literally wrote the book on u... Authors & Interviews Oct 03, 2017

Draft2Digital now distributes to OverDrive For authors using Draft2Digital to distribute ebooks to retailers, the outlets just got better. OverDrive has been added to their list of pa... Authors & Interviews Aug 03, 2017