Category: Reviews
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The Sky Worshipers by F.M. Deemyad
Last week I posted a guest essay by author F.M. Deemyad. This week I’m delighted to give you a review of her debut novel, The Sky Worshipers. First of all, let’s talk about the cover. Isn’t it gorgeous? I would pick this book up without ever reading the title. The title and subtitle intrigued me,…
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New Hawaiian Novel
Dragonfruit by Malia Mattoch McManus (originally published on PaperLanternWriters.com) While writing my own historical novel about Hawaii, I read a lot of fiction and nonfiction about the islands. Today I’m going to share with you one of my new favorite historical novels. In Dragonfruit, Malia Mattoch McManus depicts Hawaii at the time of the overthrow…
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An Author’s Advice on Writing Amazon Reviews
Let me start by encouraging you to actually write a customer review of whatever book you’re reading. It’s a fact that a very small percentage of Amazon book sales get reviewed by the customer. Although Amazon continually updates its mysterious algorithm, it remains true that the more reviews a book receives the more visible it…
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These Ghosts Are Family by Maisy Card
(first appearing on Paperlanternwriters.com) With the recent focus on giving people of color their voice, I’ve decided to make a more conscious effort to read books by people of color. If you’d like to join me, you can start with the Own Voices list of Paper Lantern Writers on Goodreads. I am a voracious reader,…
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Celebrating Mothers
(first published by Paper Lantern Writers, May 2020) To wrap up a month of celebrating motherhood, I thought I’d share some books you might not have read about mothers of famous people. I started searching for historical fiction, but only found two. The others are biography and memoir. I know there’s a lot out there…