Reader Blog

Following is an expansion of one of the inspirational sayings from Love Awakens You, which connects you to your intuition, helping you to let go of fear and let love in: “The path of light is found by trusting your intuition.”

It’s very hard to pinpoint exactly when I started to enjoy reading. But this book had an impact on me, and I can say with certainty it was the first book that stayed with me long after I finished it, the first time I was truly invested in a story.

One of the fun things I like about writing is adding music to my characters’ lives. The songs help set the scene and the mood.

I have come to the conclusion that I am either a green-eyed cat now living the seventh of my nine lives, or a creature from some Galaxy far, far away, or I’ve had an angel on my shoulder since the day I was born! Nothing else explains why I survived no fewer than six scenarios that should have rendered me well and truly dead. 

When I first sat down to write, I was focused on what pet peeves I’ve had with various books over the years. My biggest complaint? Not enough books are written in first person.

Stigma or not, it’s everywhere, and lately, it’s gotten more prevalent. I’m talking about mental health.

Today we’re excited to interview author A. M. Kusi. A. M. Kusi is actually the pen name for a wife-and-husband author team that writes romances inspired by their own experiences as an interracial couple. Now, let’s dive right in to learning more about this author team!

As I listened to my father relate family stories to a group of tourists, the reader in me desired to know how characters of the 1770s lived, interacted, worked, ate, and faced the war. Before long, my curiosity became Hold Me Close, Revolutionary Faith book one (1773).

Here is my journey to becoming an author, and the exciting sequence of events that resulted in the short film for my first book, Sleeping with the Blackbirds.

When writing historical romance, research is imperative to make the story believable. Research is such fun!

Here are my “Team Expectations” (aka classroom rules) as they were posted in the back of my classroom, along with a book suggestion for teaching and learning each.

Though I was mostly a good kid growing up in rural Australia during the 70s, by the time I was 17, I had become an outlaw—complete with a motorcycle and tattoos and conviction for armed robbery.

Blindness and other disability is evolving in #SFF literature. Join Paul Arvidson and Verity Holloways as they discuss the role of of disability in fiction.

My book The Illusion of a Girl is fueled by my own soul crushing, tension-filled childhood. I share my thoughts, feelings, and conscious decision to not be like my parents with the hope it will help someone who is going through or has gone through something similar.

I’ve always loved reading a story written in first person. Now, after writing eight novels and receiving hundreds of emails from my readers, I believe I understand why the voice of first person is one I love to read as well as write.

Writing a book today is much different from the days when I dreamed of being a published author and imagined stories in my head.

Here is a pop quiz. How many books in The Dune Trilogy? If your answer is three, you’re wrong. So, how often does a trilogy become a series?

Ever wonder what kind of conversations authors have with their characters when writing? I often get involved in conversations with myself when my characters go off-script and mess with all my grand plans for their future.

I often get asked how the idea for a book comes about, so I thought I’d share a little bit about this sometimes painful, always unpredictable, adventure with you.