Welcome back to another Write On Purpose book review. Each week I review a well-written book, highlighting what makes it good from the reader’s perspective and what writing skills and techniques make it an irresistible read. Thus, each review serves both writers and readers. This week’s excellent read is Copperhead Cove, a suspenseful story in which a cheerful and relaxed fishing guide finds himself in a heap of trouble, Here is the description: The stillness of the warm, Kentucky afternoon on Copperhead Cove is shattered by the echo of a high-powered rifle, sending birds flying and... Read More

Welcome back to another Write On Purpose book review. Each week I review a well-written book, highlighting what makes it good from the reader’s perspective and what writing skills and techniques make it an irresistible read.Thus, each review serves both writers and readers. This week’s excellent read is Glory:  The Legend of Blory, Book 1 by #1 best selling author Devin O’Branagan. I’ve known #1 best selling author Devin O’Branagan since I helped her with the first book launch of GLory. Now, she is talking with a producer about turning the book into a movie or TV... Read More

Welcome back to another Write On Purpose book review. Each week I review a well-written book, highlighting what makes it good from the reader’s perspective and what writing skills and techniques make it an irresistible read.Thus, each review serves both writers and readers. This week’s excellent read is a paranormal romantic suspense story Voodoo Butterfly by Camille Faye. This is her first book, anhttp://writeonpurpose.com/wp-admin/plugins.phpd it is so good! Read my 5 star review of Voodoo Butterfly on Amazon. Here is the book description from Amazon: When twenty-five-year old Sophie... Read More

Best Selling Author Devin O’Branagan writes stories about uncommon heroes, people who rise to the occasion and embark upon a journey of self discovery while fighting seemingly insurmountable odds. Now, her books are under consideration for a movie or television series, and she has brand new vibrant covers to celebrate the relaunch of this series. I have read and enjoyed her paranormal thriller series and her dog stories as well The Legend of Glory. Here are the new covers for books 1 and 2: Glory (The Legend of Glory, Book 1) by Devin O’Branagan Seventeen-year-old Glory Templeton’s... Read More

Welcome back to another Write On Purpose book review, the first of 2015! Each week I review a well-written book, highlighting what makes it good from the reader’s perspective and what writing skills and techniques make it an irresistible read.Thus, each review serves both writers and readers. This week’s excellent read is a “hen lit” romance called Women of Washington Avenue by Linda Apple. Read my 5-star Amazon review of Women of Washington Avenue here. Before I go on, you may be wondering… What is “Hen Lit”? A few years ago, “chick lit”... Read More

The Cemetery Club is a “cozy mystery” set in a small town in Oklahoma. I’ve noticed people are confused about what makes a cozy, so before I get into this particular one, here are some conventions of the genre. What is a cozy mystery? A cozy mystery has a dead body or two, but not a lot of gore. An amateur sleuth gets involved trying to solve the riddle of “whodunit.” Examples of cozy mysteries include: Murder, She Wrote series by Jessica Fletcher was turned into a TV series. Fletcher  is a mystery writer who stumbles over dead bodies the way some folks trip... Read More

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Once There Were Sad Songs is a romance between two people fleeing their pasts. Author Velda Brotherton, a full time writer, created the story.  Wild Rose Press published it in December of 2013. I have to be honest. I’m not usually a romance reader, unless there’s suspense, mystery, or the romance is just part of life and not the focal point. Thee are certain conventions in the romance genre that drive me crazy. I read Once There Were Sad Songs because of the skill of the author, Velda Brotherton. She  has now successfully written and published 25 books, I believe, and is a superb... Read More

Show Dog Sings the Blues is a tail…tale of mistaken identity that’s gone to the dogs. Here is the description from Amazon: In an unfortunate case of mistaken identity, pampered show dog Talisman is switched with a cowdog and has to work on a ranch for the day. By the time her harrowing adventure is over, she is in desperate need of a massage, a session with her Reiki Master, a consultation with the pet psychic, a full grooming, and a pedicure. However, along the way she learns powerful lessons—including the discovery that she’s so much more than just another pretty face. Hilarious... Read More

Today while working on They All Died Smiling, on my mad dash to 50,000 words this month for NaNoWriMo,  I needed to deal with an angry phone call without suddenly introducing swear words into an otherwise clean book. At meetings of the Northwest Arkansas Writer’s Workshop, when an author is reading their allowed five pages, sometimes there is a cuss word on the page but the author replaces it with something more for a G-rated audience. We travelers talked about cussing and steamy scenes in writing on the road back home.  None of our group prefers Rated-R type content. I’m pretty... Read More