Behind the Cover, with Jillian and Jack
By Christian Adrian Brown Without a doubt, my two favorite fitness personalities—one modern, one classic—have to be Jillian Michaels and Jack LaLanne. They come from wildly different eras and social climates. They are dissimilar in many ways. And yet, at their core, they share an aspect of military charisma and command. You want your life […]
What Makes a Book Cover Great?
There’s an old saying, which I’m sure you’ve all heard a million times before: “Never judge a book by its cover.” However, as we wander through bookstores and absentmindedly browse, that’s exactly what we do. A cover acts as the first impression that a potential buyer will have of a book – it can leave […]
Behind the Cover – The Intricacy of A Mother & Daughter
By Megan Lord Being completely honest – as a mother of two young children, I really don’t get as much time to read as I used to. Because of this, I’m much more selective with what I will read. I get books in the mail, book review requests, recommendations from friends, recommendations from ads, books, […]
Featured Indie Bookstore: Dotters Books. Eau Claire, WI.
Tell us a little about yourself and how you came to open Dotters Books. DB: Books have always been my favorite thing, and since I was very small I’ve wanted to own a bookshop. Part of the reason my husband and I moved to Eau Claire was because there was no independent bookshop. After the […]
Author Q&A with Jeannée Sacken
By Hannah Cook Tell us a little about yourself! JS: For as long as I can remember, I have loved stories—reading, writing, and telling them. My best friend and I competed against each other to see who could read the most books in our library’s summer reading program. At sleep-away camp, the other kids parked […]
The Writers behind the Book Cover
By V. Jolene Miller I grew up in the ‘80s. I remember the Atari game, chasing lightning bugs, TV dinners, getting up to change the channel, reading the Trixie Belden series (any other Trixie fans out there?), and the book covers I made out of brown paper sacks for my junior high textbooks. Did you […]
Small Press Reviews: Behind the Scenes of Behind the Lens
By Hannah Cook, editorial intern with Orange Hat Publishing | Ten16 Press It’s a given that any novel starring a photojournalist must have a cover worthy of the character. It may come as a surprise, then, that rather than using an actual photo, designers opted for a graphically designed cover for Behind the Lens, the […]
Indie Review: We Are Lost and Found by Helene Dunbar
Indie Review: We Are Lost and Found by Helene Dunbar We Are Lost and Found follows Michael, a junior in high school, in 1983. He is navigating his life as a “yet-to-come-out” gay teen in New York City amidst the AIDS crisis. Michael is terrified to come out to his parents because his older brother, […]
Indie Review: To The Top Of Greenfield Street by Ryan Standley
Indie Review: To The Top Of Greenfield Street by Ryan Standley Other books have made me laugh and cry, and To the Top of Greenfield Street did that for me. One thing I’ve never done is stop in the middle of reading and email the author to tell him how great the book is – […]
Indie Review: The Man Who Loved His Wife by Jennifer Anne Moses
Indie Review: The Man Who Loved His Wife by Jennifer Anne Moses Character Voices and The Secrets They Tell Jennifer Anne Moses’ has mastered the art of character voice. Everyone in her anthology The Man Who Loved His Wife is distinctly his or her own person. And the characters speak to you as you read, […]