The Book Stacks

Books & Writing Channel Posts

• Interview with 'Heart of Diamonds' Author Dave Donelson
  Hello and welcome to Fiction Scribe Mr. Donelson! Thanks, it's great to be here. Tell us a bit about you – where you’ve been, how you got here, where you’re going. I'm a full-time [...]
• Book Review: Sam’s Quest Book 2: The Royal Trident by Ben Furman
  Reeling from the mysterious and sudden deaths of her parents, Samantha Mae Costas is trying to keep it all together. Between moving all of her things from New York to Mile High Mountain with Grandpa [...]
• New Fiction Books to Add to the Wish List
  Lots of promising fiction books have been released recently, just in time for Christmas shopping. In addition to Wally Lamb's The Hour I First Believed, which I think everyone knows I am super [...]
• It's Like This and It's Like That
  The further into Love Walked In by Marisa de los Santos, the more I want to compare it to Dear Catastrophe Waitress by Brendan Halpin. I enjoyed Waitress, and am equally enjoying Love. Both are grand [...]
• Booking Through Thursday - Honesty
  Wow! My suggestion went up on Booking Through Thursday. :) I feel very honored. The prompt: "I receive a lot of review books, but I have never once told lies about the book just because I got a [...]
• NaNoWriMo Check-In – Day 20
  I found an absolutely hilarious NaNoWriMo calendar you should check out. Why? It's titled: NaNoWriMo - It's Like Being in a Cult Without the Free Robes Not only does it have a daily minimum word [...]
• Thursday Thirteen Writing Prompts
  Hello and happy Thursday Thirteen, all. As per usual, I will be giving you a list of thirteen prompts in all shapes and sizes. They could be a first line of dialogue, a plot idea, or something [...]
• Random Word Bank Wednesday
  Hello once again everyone! Welcome to another mid-week random word bank. I rather like random word banks. There is a challenge in them that not only gets your mind working, but you can also end up [...]
• Book Spotlight: Blackbird, Farewell by Robert Greer
  Shandell “Blackbird” Bird has everything going for him, or so he thinks. Recently selected number two overall in the NBA draft, the six foot eight, 250-pound superstar has a gleaming new ride and [...]
• Avoidance Tactics
  Okay. The house is quiet – as quiet as it will ever get, anyway – and it’s time to write. No distractions, just pure writing time. Pure writing time that you have been waiting for so long. Now [...]