It happens all too often when manuscripts come across my desk, the author operates in a safe and sterile zone, moving characters across a stage with a green screen backdrop. Put another way, there is a palpable lack of environmental detail. Are there curtains on that window by which the character is standing? Is the window open? Are there drapes? Are the drapes stirred by a breeze? Is that breeze cold or warm, damp or…
The much anticipated second volume in John Poulsen’s Shakespeare for Readers’ Theatre, releases September 1, 2016, Shakespeare’s Greatest Villains. Poulsen explores the legendary villains from The Merry Wives of Windsor; Othello, the Moor of Venice; Richard III, and King Lear. Five Rivers’ publisher, Lorina Stephens, interviewed John Poulsen about this forthcoming edition. LJS: The second volume of Shakespeare for Readers’ Theatre release September 1, 2016. What is the theme of this volume and why did you choose the plays you…
It has been said all the stories were written millennia ago, that no new stories exist. There is some truth to that assertion, in that the stories we tell always illuminate human ability, or lack thereof, to deal with situations, whether those situations are technological, environmental or societal in nature. From a writer’s perspective that can be a pretty depressing truth. Why, then, write when all the stories have been told? Why indeed. The answer…
Five Rivers is participating in a fabulous Smashwords Summer Sale! What does that mean? A whopping 50% discount on all Five Rivers’ books! There’s some great summer reading in our digital catalogue: biographies of sports and music legends, stories of delayed justice and teaching aids; fabulous fiction for every age in so many genres. Most of our eBooks are regularly priced at $4.99. So, if you were to purchase 10 eBooks that would normally cost you…
Dave Duncan took time to talk to publisher, Lorina Stephens, about his forthcoming novel, Eocene Station. LJS: Your science fiction novel, Eocene Station, releases October 1, 2016. In this adventure you’re offering a tall tale involving massive government corruption, time travel and monsters in ancient Scotland. High adventure indeed! Whatever went on in that alien universe called Dave Duncan’s mind to combine such a diverse combination of ideas? DD: What you mean is, “Where do you get…