By Gayla K. Hiss When I think of our first president, the story of a young boy fessing up to chopping down his father’s prized cherry tree usually comes to mind. That popular story, it turns out, is more fiction than fact, which causes me to wonder—who was the real George Washington? Since we recently…
By Anna Zogg Most people know what science fiction (sci-fi) is. We think of Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Poul Anderson—as well as a host of current sci-fi writers with their sometimes dry and detailed explanations. But what is science fantasy? Is it science fiction, or is it fantasy? The first time I read the phrase,…
By Heather L. L. FitzGerald As a fantasy author there’s one thing I know for certain…every January, most of America writes fantasy as well. We can’t help looking back on the story of our life and hoping to rewrite the plot, at least a little, in the year to come. We want to take our…
When I was a little girl, I had some definite ideas about what I wanted my life to be like when I became an adult. I planned to have seven children, and I vowed to get married on Christmas Eve. I had seen Santa Claus is Coming to Town, and I remembered the part when the…
My Road to Publication By Kimberly Rose Johnson Hi, I’m Kimberly Rose Johnson, and I’m one of Mountain Brook Ink’s authors. I like to describe my books as “Christian romance meets women’s fiction.” When Miralee, the owner of Mountain Brook Ink asked me to write a post for the company blog, I was told to…
Hello Mountain Brook Ink Family! We are excited to announce that our very first blog tour, Books & Beverages, has officially kicked off! Throughout the tour you will get to meet new authors–or maybe even get to know old favorites better! Heather L.L. FitzGerald has just released her debut novel, The Tethered World, book one in The Tethered…
[Angela Ruth Strong] Writing Real
By Angela Ruth Strong Finding Love in Park City, Utah might have been the easiest novel I’ve ever written. And the hardest. It was easy to write because the story is so similar to my own experience. I wrote 30,000 words in three days. If you’re not an author, what that means is if I…
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