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Review: A Beautiful Morning by Ashley Ellington Brown

A Beautiful Morning by Ashley Ellington Brown

A Beautiful Morning: How a Morning Ritual Can Feed Your Soul and Transform Your Life is an inspiring and practical guidebook about the most important moment of the day – the morning – which can establish a person’s mood and sense of well-being for the rest of the day.

Author Ashley Ellington Brown was inspired to create this guidebook through an insight that spontaneously occurred to her as she was in the midst of her newly instituted morning ritual – “basking in sunshine and birdsong.” She decided to contact women whose work she admires – life coaches, authors, teachers, and […]

2018-05-09T10:19:49+02:00March 7th, 2018|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: , , |

An Interview with Paul A. Broome: Author of Clouds Float South

Paul A. BroomePaul A. Broome was born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee. After receiving his master’s degree in literature, he moved to Mississippi where he taught at Alcorn State University, an historically Black college in West Central Mississippi. Now retired, he lives and writes in Alabama with his wife and black lab and crazy tabby cat.

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Clouds Float South is a collection of ten linked short stories loosely based on events from my life on the outskirts of Nashville, Tennessee during the fifties, sixties, and early seventies. Each story is narrated by the third born of four […]

2022-04-25T04:21:42+02:00April 25th, 2022|Categories: Interviews|Tags: |

An Interview with Beth Hersant: Author of Of Starlight and Plague

Beth Hersant Beth Hersant holds a Masters Degree in English Literature and has worked as a poet, essayist, playwright, and author. Her first novel, Good Neighbours, received worldwide critical acclaim. She lives in Norfolk, England with her husband and children, two labradors, and a cat who believes he’s a ninja.

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It began, as big events often do, with small things – a little girl, a little dog, a microscopic virus that leads to a tragedy no one should ever have to face. Having lost his daughter to rabies, Dr. Aaron Pickman tries to derive some meaning […]

2021-10-07T06:20:57+02:00October 7th, 2021|Categories: Interviews|Tags: |

Review: Hælend’s Ballad by Ian V. Conrey

Hælend's Ballad by Ian V. Conrey

A book that feels both timeless and timely, Hælend’s Ballad by Ian V. Conrey is a sprawling, character-driven fantasy novel with an unforgettable new world for readers to explore.

Old feuds are rekindled as the Kingdoms of Daecland and Sunder wrestle with a common enemy. Mysterious, inexplicable attacks that leave behind the smell of rot and death signal to some that the end is near – an ancient prophecy is coming true, and the world will soon be consumed. A spiraling story of bloody histories, boundary-breaking magic, and powerful bonds, high-fantasy fans will not be disappointed with this masterfully imagined […]

2021-07-30T02:47:14+02:00July 28th, 2021|Categories: Book Reviews, Lead Story|Tags: , |

An Interview with B.T. Keaton: Author of Transference

B.T. KeatonBrandon T. Keaton is a self-prescribed Peter Pan who adores cats and dogs. Penchants for gummy bears and action figures have followed him around his entire life. He currently resides in Wellington, New Zealand, and is loath to discuss himself in the third person, but he can be persuaded to do so from time to time. Transference is his first novel.

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Wow, going for the jugular right out of the gate, eh? Well, hopefully, the title itself nudges the reader in the right direction. A technological advancement combined with the discovery of a new element […]

2020-01-02T09:44:53+02:00January 2nd, 2020|Categories: Interviews|

Review: Unverified by Kristin Giese

Unverified by Kristin Giese

Kristin Giese’s Unverified is a delightful romantic comedy that is both immensely funny and heartwarming.

Success has always been in the cards for Margo Valentine Melon, but after a failed stint with the holy grail of fashion magazines four years ago in New York, Margo returned to her parent’s house in L.A. with her tail between her legs. Ironically, her younger sister, Kirby, a dropout who’d started a resale fashion gig called Blush & Bashful, is now driving a Mercedes, with her gig landing her on Forbes’ “30 Under 30” list. Kirby tells Margo that to find her own […]

2019-08-02T07:17:11+02:00August 1st, 2019|Categories: Book Reviews, Lead Story|Tags: , |

Writing a Book Through Ill Health

We all face a bout of sickness in our lifetime at some point. But what if this hits as we are writing a book?

“I was literally in the middle of a three-month sabbatical to write my book when I was diagnosed with Lupus. Plagued with fatigue and nausea, as well as insomnia, I had no idea how I was going to finish what I had started,” says Pam, a self-published author from London, UK. “And I had a deadline of less than two months. After that, I’d have to go back to work.”

Cathy had planned her time off […]

2019-07-24T10:53:06+02:00July 22nd, 2019|Categories: Features|Tags: |

An Interview with Sheldon Charles: Author of Blood Upon the Sands

Sheldon CharlesSheldon Charles is a decorated Air Force veteran, whose career has taken him around the globe, and given his writing a unique international flair. He is the author of Three Paperclips & a Grey Scarf, Blood Upon the Sands and From Within the Firebird’s Nest. His last book (From Within the Firebird’s Nest, the third book in the Evan Davis Trilogy) held the Number One Bestseller spot on Amazon for Russian Historical Fiction, and was in the Top Ten for War Fiction, for 2018. Sheldon currently resides in Michigan, where he is a member of Michigan […]

2019-05-29T12:45:44+02:00May 29th, 2019|Categories: Interviews|Tags: |

SPR Book Awards 2018 Entrants Page

Please note that this is only a fraction of entrants, as a large number of authors have asked not to be listed on this page. If you would like your entry to be removed from this list, please contact us. We do not list disqualified books. If you entered and you cannot see your book, please contact us.

WINNER

Martin Lastrapes – Dolph the Unicorn Killer & Other Stories (Short Stories)

SILVER

Marjory Kaptanoglu – Dreadmarrow Thief (YA Fantasy)

BRONZE

Roy Sekoff – Lacks Self-Control (Humor, Memoir)

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2020-02-08T15:35:41+02:00April 15th, 2019|

An Interview with O. Ryan Hussain: Author of The Outlandish and the Ego

O. Ryan Hussain: Author of The Outlandish and the EgoO. Ryan Hussain is the new voice of comedic fiction and satire. The characters featured in his debut novel, The Outlandish and the Ego, are vibrant creations from a true genius. There is currently nobody better at blending truth, comedy and dirty fun.

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The Outlandish and the Ego is a comedy that is really about a few things—the absurdity of our political system, mental health, policing, and news and information being manipulated. It’s only through the wild mockery of those things that this book can claim to be comedic.

What do you think are […]

2018-12-07T12:50:09+02:00December 7th, 2018|Categories: Interviews|
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