Sonya M. Black

This week’s #SPFBO Author Interview is with Jesse Teller. Jesse fell in love with fantasy when he was five years old and played his first game of Dungeons & Dragons. The game gave him the ability to create stories and characters from a young age. He started consuming fantasy in every form and, by nine, was obsessed with the genre. As a young adult, he knew he wanted to make his life about fantasy. From exploring the relationship between man and woman to studying the qualities

This week’s #SPFBO Author Interview is with Kelly Stock. Kelly is a multitasking mum, wife, colleague, friend, daughter, sister and lastly, but no means least writer. Her love of writing started when she began her Creative Writing degree at North London University in 1999. She hasn’t always wanted to be a writer, her first job of choice was a vet, but that dream died when she realised she was allergic to most small furry animals. But, she has always loved to read, and that’s

Have you ever listened to a real life conversation and then tried to transcribe it into your story only to realize it doesn’t work? You’re left scratching your head and wondering how to write clever, witty, quick conversation. Dialogue is a fantastic tool in the writer’s tool box, but like any tool, it must be used right for it to work. It’s easy to find information about what not to do, but hard to find advice on how to do it well. Let’s start with the basics. There are laye

This week I'm excited to reveal the cover for The Riding Hood Files, Book 2 in The Twisted Files series. It is set to be released on November 1st, 2017 so be on the look out for more information. And here's another peek at the opening chapter: Rule seven: Don’t mess with dwarves. You’ll end up at the bottom of a mine shaft. After we finished the case for Magnus Albright, Brendan and I didn’t end up at the bottom of a mine shaft, but it was a close call. The phone jangles and