Author: Tara Maya

Hilda and William leave for another vacation, some time away. Knowing the witch and her wizardly partner, this will end up in work of course. Tremors, flower witches, dwarves and trolls are only some of the elements that will turn this trip into yet an unforgettable one for the magical couple who will also have…

“Readers are not simply page turners; they are thought turners, as well—true imaginative partners, not passive audience members.” I love that. This is from a thoughtful essay about the mid-list by the author of the traditionally published Red Sonja series, and also the now indie-published Fall of the First World series: Midlist authors reaching their readers in…

So just as the author of Harry Potter has been trying to rebrand herself, the lead actor from the Harry Potter movies is trying to prove that he can play a role other than a school boy… by playing a school boy. Baby steps. This is a brilliant movie to cast him in because: (1) It…

Kara Magari is about to discover a beautiful world full of terrifying things: Ourea. Kara, a college student still reeling from her mother’s recent death, has no idea the hidden world of Ourea even exists until a freak storm traps her in a sunken library. With nothing to do, she opens an ancient book of…

A Bronte Rogue or  an Austenian Gentleman? “I had not seen Pride and Prejudice with Colin Firth as Darcy till I had read that sentence of yours, and then I got the book. And what did I find? An accurate daguerrotyped [photographed] portrait of a commonplace face; a carefully fenced, highly cultivated garden, with neat borders…

Eighteen-year-old Tanzy Hightower knows horses, has grown up with them on Wildwood Farm. She also knows not to venture beyond the trees that line the pasture. Things happen out there that can’t be explained. Or undone. Worse, no one but she and the horses can see what lurks in the shadows of the woods. When…

I picked up Copywriting for the Rest of Us free last night and read it this morning. It’s short but useful. Although it’s not targeted specifically at authors, I recommend it to authors who need to write blurbs or queries. In other words, all authors with a book to publish. Coincidentally, I just read this…

1.  “Online book retail, including ebooks, accounted for 44% of all spending by consumers on books in the U.S.” 2.  “Women increased their lead over men in book buying, accounting for 58 percent of overall book spending in 2012, up from 55 percent in 2011. However, men are bigger hardcover buyers – the only area…

One of the cool things about cinema as an art form is that thousands of artists of all types collaborate together to produce one work of art. If you happen to be in the Pasadena area today, you can come meet some of the artists for Elysium in person. Elysium is a highly anticipated science fiction…