by Melissa J. Troutman | Nov 22, 2024 | Blogs/Podcasts, Fiction, Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track
Every writer dreams of visiting her story. But what do you do when the hero is more like a villain, the villain is more like a hero, and your side characters come to life with stories of their own? Oh, and you don’t know the world, and the person you have a crush on...
by Melissa J. Troutman | Aug 30, 2024 | Blogs/Podcasts, Fiction, Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track
The question I asked when I first finished Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ was, Where has this book been all my life? I can’t believe it took me until my late twenties to read this famous literary classic by Lew Wallace. My earliest exposure to the story was in...
by Melissa J. Troutman | May 31, 2024 | Blogs/Podcasts, Fantasy, Fiction, Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track
If you’re looking for a fun but deep YA adventure, with some of the most creative writing on my radar to date, look no farther than The Secret of Stardust by Heather L.L. FitzGerald. It’s the next generation of The Tethered World Chronicles—same world, second verse, a...
by Melissa J. Troutman | May 3, 2024 | Blogs/Podcasts, Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track
Pirates of the Caribbean meets Francine River’s Redeeming Love in Carver of Souls, the second installment of J. J. Fischer’s Soul Mark Duology released on March 1st (See my review of the first book, The Soul Mark.) THIS BOOK picks up right where the first one left...
by Melissa J. Troutman | Mar 29, 2024 | Blogs/Podcasts, Fantasy, Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track
Some books are good the way pizza is good, offering a nice (or shocking or spicy) experience that pleases the senses. Some books are good the way a narrator is good, displaying a high level of skill that appeals to the intelligent mind. And some books are good the way...
