Getting To Know Our New Literary Fiction Author Join us as we chat with author Kris Faatz, the newest member of the Blue Moon Publishers family, about her writing and poignant debut novel To Love A Stranger! Which aspects of the writing process come most naturally to you? I love to brainstorm. Often I like to start with [...]
Blue Moon Publishers Authors Share Their Favourite Music Ever wonder what kind of music authors listen to when they write, or what music inspires them? Since two of our authors have upcoming novels in which music features heavily, we asked them to share their favourite writing playlists. The results might come as a surprise! To Love a Stranger author Kris [...]
Writing in Multiple Genres By Susanne Carter I love discovering new writers. My latest discovery is Andrew Lam, an award-winning journalist who has parlayed his experience as a refugee of the Vietnam War into a memoir (Perfume Dreams, 2005), a book of essays (East Eats West: Writing in Two Hemispheres, 2010), and a collection of [...]
Getting To Know Our New YA Author Join us as we chat with YA author Debby Dodds, the newest member of the Blue Moon Publishers family, about her writing and debut novel, Amish Guys Don't Call! Which aspects of the writing process come most naturally to you? Different ideas for novels and short stories pop into my [...]
Writing Metaphors By Susanne Carter Jhumpa Lahari’s In Other Words, which she describes as a “linguistic autobiography, a self-portrait,” explores what it means for a writer to adopt and express herself in a new language. Her fifth book, published in February of 2016, is also a reminder of how effective metaphors are as a writing [...]
Getting To Know Our New YA Author Join us as we chat with young adult author Anna Kopp, the newest member of the Blue Moon Publishers family! Have you always wanted to be a writer? As a child, reading and writing for me was basically like breathing. My parents' idea of "grounding" me was kicking me outside [...]
Getting To Know Our New Women's Fiction Author Join us as we chat with women's fiction author Leslie Welch, the newest member of the Blue Moon Publishers family! Have you always wanted to be a writer? I always knew I was a writer, but I didn't actively pursue writing as a craft until my junior year [...]
What Women's Fiction Means to Us Here at Blue Moon Publishers, we are proud to publish a variety of women's fiction titles: books written by women that address real issues in a modern way that is sensitive and thoughtful. In celebration of International Women's Day, we asked our women's fiction authors to tell us a little [...]
Vanilla Wafers, Long Walks, and Word Quotas By Susanne Carter When Mary Gordon was writing her third novel, Men and Angels, in the mid-1980s, she was the mother of two young children who found it difficult to balance motherhood and her writing career. She and her husband purchased a simple cabin and there she went [...]
My First Year as a Published Author By Jaime Lee Mann 2015 was one of the most significant years of my life. I started the year as a published author, after Blue Moon Publishers made my dream come true, with the December 2014 release of my first novel, Elora of Stone, the first instalment in [...]
Ambiguity In Fiction By Susanne Carter Reading literary fiction can lead to deeper thinking and more open minds, according to a recent study at the University of Toronto. In 2013 researchers surveyed 100 university students after asking half of them to read a short story and half to read an essay. The short story readers [...]
Writing A Strong Opening For Your Book By Susanne Carter As with pubs and shoes, you know you’re reading a great book from the second you’re inside it. In the right hands, a novel’s beginning alone can make you feel like you’ve just fallen into a fast-flowing river, snatched away from reality and hurtled downhill. [...]
