Fantasy, baby! According to our informal little survey, where we asked you to vote for your favorite genre fiction, Fantasy led the way with 23 percent of votes. All week long, Fantasy and Science Fiction were neck and neck until Fantasy pulled ahead in the final days of the week-long poll. The complete results are [...]
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The Results Are In! Your Favorite Genre Fiction Is…
Posted in Poll, tagged Crime fiction, Fantasy, Fantasy and Science Fiction, Fiction, Genre fiction, Literary fiction, Mystery fiction, science fiction on February 17, 2012 | 5 Comments »
Meet William Kenney
Posted in Debut Author Q&A, tagged A Dream of Storms, Facebook, Fantasy, Goodreads, In the Shadow of the Black Sun, Lord of the Rings, oprah, publish, Starbucks, Twitter, William Kenney on January 24, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Today’s featured debut author is William Kenney, whose dark epic fantasy made its debut last summer. I agree with William when he says that one of the most challenging aspects of writing a book is “keeping my facts straight.” In fact, next week’s writing tip will offer helpful ways for you to do just that. [...]
Meet Shalini Boland
Posted in Debut Author Q&A, tagged Fantasy, Hidden, horror, Marchwood Vampire series, romance, Shalini Boland, YA on September 6, 2011 | 3 Comments »
It’s the first day of school here in these parts, and as I write this short intro to today’s Q&A with featured debut author, Shalini Boland, silence has taken hold of my house. I had forgotten it could be this quiet. Nothing but me and the raindrops. Could I miss them already? :) Name: Shalini [...]
Meet Author Jen Wylie
Posted in Debut Author Q&A, tagged debut author, Echelon Press, Electric Shorts, Fantasy, Jen Wylie, short story series, Tales of Ever, YA on June 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Today’s featured author is Jen Wylie, who, in the last seven months, has published her debut novel, two short stories and a short story series. Talk about a busy author! Today, I wanted to talk with Jen about Tales of Ever, which is part of a pilot program, Electric Shorts, being put out by Echelon [...]
Meet Author Mik Wilkens
Posted in Debut Author Q&A, tagged Arts, David Conner, Fantasy, Fantasy literature, Lazy Day Publishing, Mik Wilkens, oprah, Oprah Winfrey, publish, The Silver Cage, Writing process on February 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Today’s Debut Author Q&A is with Mik Wilkens, who is the fourth Lazy Day Publishing author to be featured on this blog. (We’ve also chatted with George Pappas, Liz Borino and J.M. Kelley.) I always find that I learn a little something or am reminded about something in my own process when I read those [...]
World-Building in YA Science Fiction
Posted in Guest Blogger, tagged CFRW, Fantasy, Florida, Games, J.A. Saunders, Non-player character, Protagonist, Roleplaying, science fiction, Worldbuilding, YA, young adult on November 18, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Within a 24-hour period, I not only met writer J.A. Souders, but she saved my butt. When a guest blogger went MIA, leaving me with a big, gaping hole for today’s blog post, she came to my rescue with this informative piece that features strong scene-setting advice for virtually all fiction writers, sci-fi or otherwise. [...]

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Making 'Baby Grand' chronicles the road to publication for my first novel, Baby Grand. I also blog about the writing life, interview debut authors (Tuesdays) and offer writing tips (Sundays) that I've picked up along the way.
About the Novel
A curly-haired toddler, a down-on-her-luck writer and the bad guys who brought them together. Set in present-day New York.
Represented by Stonesong in New York City.
Status: 'Baby Grand' will be released as an eBook through Amazon's KDP Select program in spring 2012 and also made available as a print-on-demand paperback later this year.
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Dina Santorelli has been a freelance writer and editor for 15 years. She served as the "with" writer on the book, Good Girls Don’t Get Fat, by Robyn J. A. Silverman, Ph. D., which was published in October 2010 by Harlequin.
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