Rekindled Love reviewed by Seriously Reviewed.

I liked the writing in this story. The details are sometimes very painful; when Millie talks to Hank about losing their daughter and her fear of losing him, I wanted to cry with her. The description of her feelings makes the reader feel the fear and hurt she is going through. Fireman Steve has a big ego and wants to be the best at everything, the center of attention. Comments about him could fit a description of many people we know. Even the men in this story aren't afraid to show and talk about their love for their families. The dialogue was great, sometimes making me laugh and sometimes making me cry, but isn't that like?I can't think of any thing I didn't like. It was a moving story that kept me turning the pages.

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Meet Author of Shadow Dancer: Courtney Rene

1. What or who inspired you to start writing?

I was a reader as a child. I devoured books, any book I could get my hands on, I would read. The librarian and employees knew me by my first name I was there so often. Writing just seemed to be the next step. There was no zing moment for me. I just naturally drifted into it.

2. How did you come up with your idea for Shadow Dancer?

I have always been painfully shy. There have been times in life that I wished I could just fade back into the shadows and be invisible to those around me. Plus, I think all of us wish sometimes that there were something different, exciting, and special about us. That we really are a lost princess or hero from some far away land that is just waiting for us to return to it. So I put the two together and came up with Shadow Dancer.

3. What expertise did you bring to your writing?

Imagination. That’s it.

4. What would you want your readers to know about you that might not be in your bio?

I have grammar issues. Grammar is not my friend. Writing a story is easy and fun for me, but the edit is a nightmare. I can write a story or article rather quickly, but the edit? Yeesh, it takes me twice as long.



5. As far as your writing goes, what are your future plans?

I already have two more books running around and forming in my head for the Shadow Dancer series. I also have a shape-shifter/werewolf story that I am finishing up now. After that, I don’t know. I have ideas but nothing firm at this point.

6. If you could be one of the characters from this book, who would it be and
why?
I would be Tara. She is just a happy teenager. Her life is laid out before her and it is a good easy life. Some would say why not the main character? Sunny’s life is full of twists and turns and sadness and anger. I have enough of that in real life. I say if I could pick my life, I would go with the happier, simpler one.

7. Can you give us a sneak peek into this book?

8. Do you belong to a critique group? If so how does this help or hinder your writing?

I do not belong to a critique group. I have thought about joining one a time or two, but I don’t think I have the time to devote that I should. I do have one or two people that I use now and then that will read and give me their thoughts and opinions of the story and such, which is invaluable. For Shadow Dancer I actually asked several teens to give it a read to see what they thought of it.

9. When did you first decide to submit your work? Please tell us what or who
encouraged you to take this big step?

I didn’t set out to publish Shadow Dancer when I began it. The story came to me so very quickly and was such an easy write, maybe I just didn’t have time to think about it. After it was finished I realized that it was a good interesting story and maybe others would enjoy it. My daughter read it and said I needed to get it published, so I did. I figured the worst anyone could tell me was, no. Why not give it a go.

10. What is the best and worst advice you ever received? (regarding writing or publishing)

The best advice I have been given was to not get lost in the technical side of writing. Write the story, then go back and worry about the grammar, the spelling, the format. The story is what people want to see, and if you write a good enough story, your readers won’t even notice the rest. They shouldn’t notice the work that went into it.

I can’t think of any bad advice I have been given. Maybe I just learned from any mistake or missteps I took and moved on.


11. Do you outline your books or just start writing?

I am not an outline person. I have tried to use them a time or two, but in the end they tend to squelch all my creativity. I like to just sit down and see where an idea takes me. Where will my characters want to go next is just as exciting to me as I hope it is to my readers. Besides if I sit down and take the time to outline, I already know what happens and how the story will end and don’t need to write it anymore.

12. How do you maintain your creativity? –

Sometimes I maintain my creativity by sheer determination. It’s hard to be creative all the time, as life gets in the way. If I am struggling I will plug into my ipod and hope that music will help inspire me. I have also gone for walks in my woods to help clear out some of the unnecessary clutter that is holding me down.

13. Anything else you might want to add?

Meet Author of Blue Fire: Angela Castle

1. What or who inspired you to start writing?
Since my early teens, I been writing little stories that I used to share with my younger siblings. Stemming from my obsessive reading habit, but as life does it can get in the way of dreams. Up until a year ago I started thinking about writing seriously with a view to being published. I stumbled upon a book from a famous writer ‘Gena Showalter’, after reading it and quite a few others. The though lingered in my brain ‘yeah, I could write something like that.’

2. How did you come up with your idea for Blue Fire?

I know the idea is not uncommon taking an ordinary person placing them in extraordinary circumstances. The idea of Blue Fire But I wanted ordinary people much like myself to also feel good about themselves after reading it.

3. What expertise did you bring to your writing?
I would never claim to have any expertise, only a practical knowledge that I have gleaned from constant reading, watching and observing. My learning curve over the past twelve months has been a very steep one.

4. What would you want your readers to know about you that might not be in your bio?
Being a writer does not mean you have to be good at spelling and grammar, those I am not particularly good at. But it has not stopped me from telling my stories. What you are passionate about you learn about every little aspect of it, even if it seems a mountain you may never be able to climb. Don’t worry it just do it.

5. As far as your writing goes, what are your future plans?
Writing has become a passion I can’t deny. My WIP box is expanding on a weekly basis. There is no short of ideas rattling around in over active brain. My future vision is to see them all written and published.

6. If you could be one of the characters from this book, who would it be and why?
You expect me to say Jane right? And you’d be right and why not we have a lot in common.

7. Can you give us a sneak peek into this book?
The land of the Kell is a place where things are looked at from different perspective. Things are seen not just through eyes but through the heart.

8. Do you belong to a critique group? If so how does this help or hinder your writing?
‘National November Writing Month’ has a great website for those committed to writing novels, and a great forum of people willing to help with ideas or critique anything from your stories to your synopsis, and cover letters. It’s been a great help to me.

11. Do you outline your books or just start writing?
It seems the first three chapters of my books are simply written without outlining. Then after that I sit down and outline the rest of the book. I make up my character profiles including their bio, nature and goals.

12. Anything else you might want to add?

I want to thank my friends and family who have supported and helped my ‘writing addiction’ listening to me go on and on about my characters and scenes, and proof reading for me.

Thank You.