Today, I’m excited to welcome the talented and witty fantasy author (who absolutely did not pay me to say lovely things about her…) Carole Cummings. Carole has a few (OK… more than a few…) words she wanted to share on the importance and intricacies of writing diversity. The floor is all yours, Carole! WRITING DIVERSITY FOR (WHITE CIS HET) DUMMIES Okay, the title’s a little… smartassy. I couldn’t resist. And it’s not entirely indicative of what I want to talk about. We don’t need another straight white girl’s take on diversity. Diverse communities don’t need me to snag their hashtags out from under them and tell them what they really mean and how they could get what they want if …

Today, I am thrilled to welcome USA Today bestselling author Sarah K. L. Wilson to the Land of Make Believe! Sarah is the author of the YA fantasy series Dragon School. This is a wonderful series that I’m starting to share with ‘lil q. With twenty books already out in the series, we’ve got a long adventure ahead of us. Sarah has stopped by today to share her delightful perspective on what we should also be seeking to achieve as writers. So, without further ado… What do you do for a living, Sarah? Yesterday, someone asked me what I do for a living. “I invent difficult problems and then find inventive solutions,” I said. Storytellers through the ages have been …

Running the Bases’ guest this week is Meg Cowley. Meg is an indie author and illustrator living in Yorkshire, England with her husband and two cats Jet and Pixie. If you sign up for Meg’s mailing list, you can get a free book in return along with tons of great content. Let’s go out in the field and toss a few questions to Meg. We see you’ve read from an early age and are an educator. Therefore, what fantasy/science fiction book would you recommend for children? It would have to be Harry Potter. That was one of the most influential pieces of literature I read growing up, because I was roughly the same age as Harry, Ron and Hermione when the books and …

Purpose: By Andrew Q. Gordon – Release Date 6-21-13 In less than two week, Purpose will be released. As I mentioned when I first announced the date – I’m going to try a few different things. One of them is to post three ‘prequel’ short stories in place of excerpts. Two will be in the year to eighteen months after the Purpose finds Will. The third is about twenty-five years years at the first two and about fifteen before chapter 1 begins. These will expand on past events mentioned in the book. In addition to the these backstories, I’ll be giving away an eBook copy with each Pre-Release guest blog post. Each contest will last three days and will ask readers …