Internet Radio Appearance Tomorrow

Friday, May 15 I’ll be appearing all day at The Author’s Show, a remarkable Internet radio program dedicated solely to authors. In this pre-recorded interview with host, Don MacCauley, we discuss my anthology of short, speculative fiction, And the Angels Sang. The interview runs for about 15 minutes, directly after the introduction, and loops continuously throughout the day. And the Angels Sang is available in print and eBook format from online booksellers worldwide, in select…

Two Upcoming Events

Two events occur this week for Five Rivers’ authors. Authors Show Radio Interview Friday, May 15 Lorina Stephens will be featured at The Authors Show, http://www.theauthorsshow.com/. I’ll be talking about my anthology of short, speculative fiction, And the Angels Sang. The interview will run all day. Just let the introduction play through and the interview will follow immediately after. My thanks to Don MacCauley and the staff at The Authors Show for making this medium…

Advice to Writers

Seems I’m sitting on the other side of the desk quite a bit these days in the capacity of editor for Five Rivers. Unfortunately what I’m seeing from writers is unpolished work, writing that tends to the passive rather than active voice, a penchant for too many adjectives and adverbs, cliché plots and stereotyped characters. As a result I thought I’d illustrate the kind of work we’d like to publish here at Five Rivers, why…

Tweaking and Twiddling

I finished writing the Afterword for From Mountains of Ice early this morning, and have basically put to bed the formatting and layout. So very pleased with two graphics I developed for chapter headers and section breaks; I think they lend themselves very well to the overall theme of the book, and hope they will add to the reading experience. It’s my opinion the layout of a book should be a work of art, just…