K.Childs

For a species like ours, community is essential. From finding a place to fit in at work, to finding folk who share your hobby in the same way. You will see and hear a lot of drama as a result of communities insulating and expanding as trends in various industries change and evolve- or fail to evolve in some cases. And that's kind of normal and part and parcel to humans in groups. We're a bit of a weird bunch. Loving new experiences and yet adverse to change. A contradiction? Congratulations, we have a lot of these. When it comes to writing communities, these contradictions are just as common and prevalent as they are  in any other groups. If you've spent any amount of time on twitter, you've probably seen mass social media mobbing of folk, just as often as mass rallying of folk. So what is your author tribe and do you need one? First of all, I'm going to tell you the hard truth, no one understands an author like another author. I spent years 'out...

Recently I had a chance to ambush K.A.Doore and squirrel an interview from her just as her hit debut hit the shelves! At the time, I hadn't gotten a chance to grab a copy yet, but now it waits in my TBR pile and I cannot emphasise how excited I am by the details behind this novel! It combines two of my favourite things; murder and fantasy. This might pop on LGBT reader's radar and for a good reason.     Tell me a little about the culture you built in this book? What did you borrow from the real world and what was made up? I really wanted to create a culture that arose logically from its setting, so I holed up in the university library for a few months researching various deserts and the people who thrive in them. Ghadid is a synthesis of what I learned and my own experiences in the Sonoran desert, as well as a fair amount of extrapolation (as you do). That said, I can still point to a number of things I borrowed, like the belief that a soul lingers for sev...

Space, the final frontier, filled with dastardly pirates, corrupt military spaceship captains and dashing smugglers. Now, with M/M romance into the sizzling mix! An ace-ace-pilot, and a smuggler with a heart of gold vs pirates and corrupt military! M/M- but in the most casual way that just makes no show of the relationship being anything more than normal. You can tell this novel was researched and the universe was fleshed out. The little details when the characters are strolling around in low-gravity, the atmosphere in locales are all very strong. I had actual chills when reading the ancient alien spaceship scenes, very H.R.Giger designs were curling in my head at the architecture. The beginning was a little slow to warm up, but the characters were solid and likable. Adrift cover from Goodreads I read the last half of the book in a single sitting as it accelerated pretty well into a fun and fast paced run. I found the climax really satisfying. For those wondering about the he...

It is with great pleasure I am bringing you today's interview with the extremely interesting Dan Stout! Titanshade releases from publishers DAW in stores and Amazon on the 12th of March, so get your sneak-peek for the author and the novel right here!!  I knew the second I saw the cover this was going to be top of my pre-order list. It hits so many of my favourite flavours all in one go. Dan is the first of the Debuting novellists in 2019 that I will be featuring from Facebook group for your pleasure. I am sure you'll see some of these answers on other blogs as well as several of us were provided this information to share. Click here to pre-order! What’s the story behind the title? Titanshade is an oil boomtown, where a mix of greed and hard labor has allowed the residents to claw out a living in the midst of an arctic perma-freeze. So much of the story ties into the character of the streets and the citizens that there was never any doubt the book needed...