Category Archives: Guest post

Guest author: Robbie and Michael Cheadle – Meet the Characters

Why does Taylor Gingernut look so shocked?   Why indeed? To find out you will need to read Sir Chocolate and the sugar dough bees story and cookbook. I can tell you a bit about Taylor Gingernut though: There was … Continue reading

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Guest author: Michael Dellert – What is the Title of My Book?

I was recently asked where the title for my new book, The Wedding of Eithne, came from, and what it meant to me. I only had about 100 words to answer that question, but it set me to thinking about … Continue reading

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Guest poet: Mbizo Chirasha – Identity Apples

 Identity Apples I am a fat skeleton, resurrecting From the sad memories of dada And dark mysteries of animism I am Buganda I bleed hope I drip the honey of fortune Makerere; think tank of Africa I dance with you … Continue reading

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Earworm…

To the tune of ‘Nobody loves me…’ * Nobody wants me, Everyone ignores me, Can I get the writers to bite? Putting the requests out All about a guest shout… But there’s not a writer in sight * Promise I … Continue reading

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Guest author: Annette Rochelle Aben – Cover me, I’m going in!

Thank you to Sue Vincent, for the kind invitation to submit a guest post for your blog. I appreciate this opportunity. Cover me, I’m going in! Should an author make their own book covers? This has been a hot topic … Continue reading

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Guest author: D. J. Farrington – Burning Belief

I’ve never had children.  Never had a maternal instinct in my life.  But that, I’m sure, is due to my remembering my past death.  A long, slow, agonising attempt to give birth, over three days, without success, obviously. It’s relatively … Continue reading

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Guest author: S. Jackson – Regarding Child Loss

I’m not the woman I once was…I know the hurt, the battle within. I’m not the woman I once was… I’m not the mama I once was… but I’m me, please take me as I am, full of flaws… I … Continue reading

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Guest author: Amy M. Reade – I Don’t Write Horror—I Live It.

I don’t know how many times I’ve come back from a vacation and said to anyone who would listen, “I’m never going on vacation again,” only to pack up and go somewhere else the following year. Honestly, with all the … Continue reading

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Guest author: Victoria Zigler – Infographics

Pictures and infographics.  Wonderful things, aren’t they? Everyone seems to think so.  But I don’t.  Personally, I hate infographics, and find picture heavy posts annoying. We live in a world where it’s assumed you have all five of your senses, … Continue reading

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Guest author: Olga Núñez Miret – Apropos of nothing

Thanks to Sue Vincent for asking me to be a guest and write something for her blog. Oh, Sue, you don’t know what you’ve done. Since you asked me, several weeks ago, and I told you I was taking a … Continue reading

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