I admit it. Before I became an author, I had never read an indie-published book. I can list a few different reasons for this: – There’s less risk with a traditionally published book…a publisher thought it was good, so it must be good (uh, right). – Traditionally published books are more recognizable, thanks to deep …
If your taste in fiction runs from literary to romance with a bit of adventure sprinkled in, I have a new book to recommend: A Place in the World by Cinda Crabbe MacKinnon. Here is the story line: When her Colombian husband deserts her on his family’s coffee farm in a remote part of the …
I spent the first half of the novel, “Vacation” by local author JC Miller, frustrated with the main characters. William Koval, the protagonist of the story, has a hard time speaking his mind and standing up for himself. Annie Logan, the woman he ends up falling for, has no trouble speaking her mind by either …
The very first scene of “The Sensory Deception,” a newly released science fiction novel by Petaluma author Ransom Stephens, drops the reader directly into an action sequence of war. In the first chapter, we are introduced to fire, death, and the hint of sexuality. In the next, we’re in a dark cave of prisoners on …
I’m not only a writer, but I am an avid reader. This book was handed to me by author Ramsey Hootman in hopes that I might enjoy it and review it. I not only enjoyed it, I devoured it in 3 days. Here’s what it was about, plus my two cents… The beginning of love …