Tell us a little bit about your writing style. Marrying Josh is the best thing I’ve ever done, and writing love stories with him is a heady experience. I’m so glad to be writing romance with the love of my life because there’s no one I’d rather take this journey with. We hope we never stop growing as authors and storytellers because then it would be time to quit. Josh: Writing has proven to be a great pleasure, and we’ve learned so much since we began. We’ve been writing since 2017 and have published 11 books and 6 audiobooks to date. Ryan: As we mentioned in our bio, we’re husbands as well as coauthors. They joined me to talk co-writing as husbands, their love of hockey, balancing life with writing, and what they’re working on right now.įirst things first, please introduce yourself! For my next Author Spotlight I’m joined by the lovely Ryan Taylor and Joshua Harwood.
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Along the way Colin and Susan are aided by the wizard Cadellin Silverbrow and his dwarf companions. The children also have to compete with the wicked shape-shifting sorceress Selina Place and the evil wizard Grimnir, each of whom wishes to possess the weirdstone. Its nature is revealed when the children are hunted by the minions of the dark spirit Nastrond who, centuries before, had been defeated and banished by a powerful king. Susan possesses a small tear-shaped jewel held in a bracelet: unknown to her, this is the weirdstone of the title. The novel, set in and around Macclesfield and Alderley Edge in Cheshire, tells the story of two children, Colin and Susan, who are staying with some old friends of their mother while their parents are overseas. Upon completion the book was picked up by Sir William Collins who released it through his publishing company Collins in 1960. The story, which took the local legend of The Wizard of the Edge as a partial basis for the novel's plot, was influenced by the folklore and landscape of neighbouring Alderley Edge where he had grown up. Garner began work on the novel, his literary debut, in 1957, after he moved into the late medieval house, Toad Hall, in Blackden, Cheshire. The Weirdstone of Brisingamen: A Tale of Alderley is a children's fantasy novel by English author Alan Garner. LibraryThing: 36 reviews with an overall rating of 4.11. īookbub: where they begrudgingly email notifications of my new releases to my followers. Goodreads: 200+ ratings/reviews with an average rating of 4.xx and over 21,000 books shelved. Then again, you just might feel naughty and want to read them anyway. If you find such offensive, you might not want to read my work. My books contain adult themes, adult situations, sexual situations, cursing, intoxication and violence. My books are very character-driven with a focus on flawed, dynamic, culturally-diverse characters and strong, smart female protagonists.Īlso, please note: I do not write children's books. Grea (pronounced Gray) Alexander is a female writer of African American, Native American and Caucasian.American descent who does not write her profiles in the 3rd person.īorn and raised in Houston, TX, I have successfully wormed my way across many a border and have, in effect, managed to infect all that I survey with my particular brand of grea-ness. Nuclear war had nearly destroyed mankind when the Oankali came to the rescue, saving humanity-but at a price. The futures of both mankind and an alien species rest in the hands of one hybrid son in the award-winning science fiction author’s masterful sequel to Dawn. The intersectionality of race, history, and the treatment of women addressed within the original work remain critical topics in contemporary dialogue, both in the classroom and in the public sphere.įrightening, compelling, and richly imagined, Kindred offers an unflinching look at our complicated social history, transformed by the graphic novel format into a visually stunning work for a new generation of readers.īook 2 of the series (Grand Central Publishing (paperback), Open Road Media (ebook)) Held up as an essential work in feminist, science-fiction, and fantasy genres, and a cornerstone of the Afrofuturism movement, there are over 500,000 copies of Kindred in print. They healed the planet, cured cancer, increased strength, and were now ready to help Lilith lead her people back to Earth-but for a price. Creatures covered in writhing tentacles, the Oankali had saved every surviving human from a dying, ruined Earth. Lilith lyapo awoke from a centuries-long sleep to find herself aboard the vast spaceship of the Oankali. First Book of the series (Aspect, mass market paperback, April 1997) They hear her flavor of the month ‘Mace’ in the background and want to meet her new beau. When they show up unexpectedly for Thanksgiving, she knows she is in big trouble. That means the few times a year she see’s them, she covers her tattoo’s, hides away her boyfriend of the moment etc. To be able to continue living her dream, she has to appease her conservative parents. Music is the only thing important in Max’s life. She is with her rockstar boyfriend, and he can’t help but notice her. He is in a coffee shop, stewing, when he sees her. Bliss invites Cade to their Thanksgiving, but he just can’t do it. She is with Garrick, and things are getting more serious between the two of them. My heart broke for him in the beginning of this book. I was so happy to find out he was getting his own book!Ĭade is in PA, going to get his masters in theater. I remember how much I adored this guy in Cora’s debut novel Losing It. Sometimes you don’t know what you’re looking for until it’s already knocked you flat on your back. Agyapong’s husband is currently self-isolating and has been tested for COVID-19. Her daugher, who was named Mary in memory of her mother, is “doing very well” according to hospital officials. Agyapong underwent an emergency C-section shortly after she was admitted, and gave birth to a baby girl. Stephanie ZacharekĪgyapong, who also went by her married name, Mary Boateng, tested positive for COVID-19 on April 5 and was hospitalized two days later. Let’s think of them with wet eyes and a high heart. These are just some of the people who have been taken from us, even as they have left us much to remember them by. It’s not comprehensive, nor is it meant to be. That’s the goal of this list: to acknowledge the remarkable and joyful lives of some of those we have lost. Maybe we can be better at celebrating life even as we’re saddened by its loss. But we all, at one time or another, have reason to mourn. We have no roadmap for this new territory. It’s a book of large truths disguised as small ones: “I remember,” he writes, “those times of not knowing if you feel really happy or really sad. In his jubilant and revivifying memoir, I Remember, the artist and writer Joe Brainard tabulated all the little things that can come to shape how we think about life. There can always be at least a glimmer of joy in remembering things that people gave us while they were here. Gavin Pope had a one night stand with Marlee years ago and she hasn’t been able to forget it. One day, the team gets a new quarterback. The other wives of the football players reluctantly accept her into their club, even though she isn’t technically married to a player. They’ve been together for ten years, but they aren’t married. Marlee is dating one of the football stars of the Denver Mustangs. But when the gossip makes Marlee public enemy number one, she worries about more than just her reputation.īetween their own fumbles and the wicked wives, it will take a Hail Mary for Marlee and Gavin’s relationship to survive the season. They have only one thing on their minds: taking her down. The team’s wives, who never led the welcome wagon, are not happy with Marlee’s return. Unfortunately, not everyone is ready to let her escape her past. Gavin fights to show Marlee he’s nothing like her ex. There’s just one problem: Gavin Pope, the new hotshot quarterback and a fling from the past, has Marlee in his sights. But when she discovers he has been tackling other women on the sly, she vows to never date an athlete again. She’s definitely had enough practice by dating her NFL-star boyfriend for the last ten years. But there’s a new player on the horizon, and he’s in a league of his own… Marlee thought she scored the man of her dreams only to be scorched by a bad breakup. The baton came down, the bows came up, and the storm ended. Queerteen Press is an imprint of JMS Books LLC. Published in the United States of America. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. Names, characters, places and incidents are solely the product of the author’s imagination and/or are used fictitiously, though reference may be made to actual historical events or existing locations. No portion of this book may be transmitted or reproduced in any form, or by any means, without permission in writing from the publisher, with the exception of brief excerpts used for the purposes of review. If it is sold, shared, or given away, it is an infringement of the copyright of this work and violators will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Image(s) used under a Standard Royalty-Free License. Visit for more information.Ĭover Design: Written Ink Designs | Hamilton broke the record for most Tony nominations (16), but fell short of the most Tony wins by one – The Producers won 12 awards in 2001. Hamilton won the same four awards, in addition to Best Book of a Musical, Actor (Leslie Odom Jr.), Featured Actor (Daveed Diggs), Featured Actress (Renée Elise Goldsberry), Costume Design, Lighting Design, and Direction. In The Heights won Tony Awards for Best Musical, Original Score, Choreography, and Orchestrations in 2008. He has a star on the Puerto Rican Walk of Fame and will receive a Hollywood star in 2018.īoth of Miranda’s musicals have been lauded with awards. He was the recipient of the 2015 MacArthur Fellowship “Genius Grant”. Personally, Miranda has received a Pulitzer Prize for Drama ( Hamilton), three Tony Awards (Best Original Score for both ITH and Hamilton, Best Book of a Musical for Hamilton), two Grammys (Best Musical Theatre Album ITH, Hamilton), and an Emmy (Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics for “Bigger”). The film’s main theme, “How Far I’ll Go”, was nominated for the 2017 Academy Award for Best Original Song. Miranda also co-wrote the music and lyrics for Disney’s Moana (2016). He created and starred in two hit musicals, In the Heights and Hamilton (2015), an epic adaptation of Ron Chernow’s biography of the American founding father. Lin-Manuel Miranda is an award-winning American writer, composer, playwright, and actor. Rora realizes that maybe she can learn from them and she won’t have to reveal her secret after all. Like her, they were not born with abilities to control storms, but they have learned and become quite skilled at it. She runs into a rag-tag band of storm hunters who are able to steal magic from the storms. Faking her own kidnapping, Rora takes off before its too late and she is married to Cassius with no means to escape. But soon Rora finds out that its all a lie and that he is merely using her as a means to become King and take over the kingdom of Pavan. Sure, he his grumpy and full of himself, but he is charming and pretty good looking. She wasn’t born with the magic of her ancestors, a fact that she must keep hidden from her soon-to-be husband at all costs. But, Rora is hiding a secret from everyone except for her mother. She is groomed to be the perfect Queen and is betrothed to Prince Cassius of the Locke kingdom. Roar is set in a world where storms can ruin whole cities, but Stormlings are able to harness the storms energies for good, and for evil.Īurora Pavan may appear to be a Princess who has it all. This is a young adult fantasy story with very PG romance, atmospheric & beautiful settings, and a cliffhanger ending. Roar is the first in the three book Stormhearts series by Cora Carmack. |