Books Cubed: Interviews, Raves, & Reads

Good Adventures,  I'm so excited to finally chat with Kayla about her books, if you like romance, check out her work. You won't be disappointed.  Comment over on our YouTube channel. Links: The Collection - a five book bundle. Kayla Dawn Thomas on Amazon .  What do I write? Thanks for asking.   I'll see you next time, go read a good book. Melissa

Good Adventures, I revisit my chats with Laura Boldin-Fournier - she wrote the delightful children's book, An Orangutan's Night Before Christmas, and Carrie Pack who features children in her horror story, The Lights. I ended up going to the tree lightening that she talked about in her story and I spent the whole time keeping an eye on all the kids, thinking, it could happen.... Comment over on our...

Good Adventures, If you haven't listened to Chs 1-6 yet, you'll find them here:  Ep 28 Chs 1 & 2 Ep 43 Chs 3 & 4 Ep 9 Ch 5 Get the Audiobook for How to Sex Your Snake here . Check out John D Patten's Miami Burn. It's now out on audiobook ! Comment  over on our YouTube channel.  Until next time, go read a good book. Melissa

Good Adventures, Writers, is your imagination stuck? Tired of staring at a blank page? Looking for a new way into your stories? You're in luck! Roll-A-Prompt Writing Journals, which I co-authored are the topic today. Sets of elements plus the roll of a dice = more than 6000 writing prompts per book.6 in all. 5 genres, plus a mashup. Three authors have bravely joined us today. They'll each roll for...

Good Adventures, This week, I'm chatting with one of my favorite authors. Romance. Fantasy suspense, giant dogs, and husbands that won't retire. Comment over on our YouTube channel. Links: https://www.lindapoitevin.com  (romance website) https://www.facebook.com/LindaPoitevin https://www.lydiahawkebooks.com  (urban fantasy website) Comment on this weeks show   Even if you don't read either genre,...

Good adventures, This week I had a blast chatting with Noir author John D. Patten about his pulp detective series. Gritty bad guys. Gritty good guys. Off the charts action.  Comment over on our YouTube channel.  Links: Find John on his website .  Read John's books - they're currently in Kindle Unlimited. (Oct 2019) ~~ What do I write? Thanks for asking. A pool of blood. A missing body. A famous br...

Good Adventures, This week on the show, I chat with Tom Fowler author of the CT Ferguson Mystery series. Classic mystery with modern cyber intrigue. Is almost Halloween, which means Christmas is just around the corner. What's everybody asking Santa for this year? I'd love for one of the elves to find the mouse that keeps chewing up the seats in my car. I park in the driveway so I figure the little...

Good Adventures, Last week, I thought I'd be turning in a new manuscript, How to Square Your Grouper, to my editor by this past Monday but.....I realized I'm not quite done messing with June. The manuscript is getting closer every day and I know it will go to Lisa sometime in the next ten or so days. On Books Cubed this week, I'm chatting with suspense author Lori Flynn about her new book, I love...

Good Adventures,  This week, I'm finishing up the next book in the June Nash MisAdventure Series. If you're not caught up, you still have time to read or listen to the book one, How to Sex Your Snake. To whet your appetite, I'm sharing chs 3 and 4 from the audiobook. Go back to Ep 28 for chs 1 and 2.  Comment over on our YouTube channel. Links:  The Forest by Julia Blake  Sins of the Angel by Lydi...

Good Adventures, Did you catch the event on Facebook about Storming Area 51? The truth is out there and if enough people show, they can't stop them all! This week, my guest is Alex C Gates who is part of a new anthology centered around a group of people storming area 51! We also talk book recommendations and his adorable doodle dog Stella. She's got her own Instagram page and it's well worth a fol...

Good Adventures, No book talk this week thanks to evacuating for Hurricane Dorian. Instead, how about some photos from the opening day of Star Wars Land in Orlando. If you'd rather see the photos I'm badly describing, hyper-jump over to Youtube .  Comment over on the YouTube channel. ~~~ What do I write? Thanks for asking. Get the free prequel to my June Nash Misadventure series and find out why a...

Good Adventures, A gritty New York summer, a killer with a machete, Hipsters who need to die. This week, I'm chatting with Richie Narvaez about his critically acclaimed debut novel Hipster Death Rattle. I walked into a lot of walls reading this one. You'll love it too. Comment over on our YouTube channel.  Links: Richie's website and links to the book ~~~ What do I write? Thanks for asking. Get th...

Good Adventures, This week, I finish my chat with Merri Maywether. What's it like to live in a town without a stop light? What do the people in town think about being characters in her books? It's all in this week's show.  Comment over on our YouTube channel. Links:  You'll find Merri at her website: https://merrimaywether.com My blog about Key West:  http://twistofkeylime.blogspot.com The posts a...

Good Adventures, This week on the show, I've got Merri Maywether and we're talking small town romance. We chatted for almost an hour so I've broken it into two parts. Comment over on our YouTube channel.  Links: Get Merri Maywether's books on Amazon    Find out more about Merri at her website   Check out Empty Bodies on Audible by Zach Bohannon ~~ What do I write? Thanks for asking. Get the free p...

Good Adventures, This week's show, a followup to Ep 29 Chaldean Numerology  was crazy. I got kicked off the internet right as Anmarie talked about death. We regrouped and then The Bec and I did some additional recording to explain what I'd missed. Too spooky. I recorded a bit early so I wasn't able to announce the the winner of a Cecelia Mecca book on the show. Congratulations to Terri. I'll let C...

Good Adventures, This week, I'm chatting with Art Historian Laura Morelli, about her travel and authentic shopping guides, plus her historical fiction series set in 16th century Italy. Comment over on our YouTube channel. Links: Find Laura's books and classes on her website Laura's ted talk, Is there a Difference Between Art and Craft ~~ What do I write? Thanks for asking. Get the free prequel to...

Good Adventures,  This week I'm chatting with Historical and Paranormal Romance author Cecelia Mecca. You could win an autographed copy of one of her books, (If you're a US resident. If you are outside the US, the winner will receive an ebook or audiobook) Listen for details! If I sounded distracted near the end of the video, I was! One of my family members turned on the shower which is right next...

Good Adventures, This week, I'm chatting with best selling romance author Jami Albright. You'll be impressed and awed by what she did multiple times, to make her writing dream come true. I get nauseous just thinking about it. Comment over on our YouTube channel. Links: https://www.jamialbright.com https://www.amazon.com/Jami-Albright/e/B06Y2NC2HN ~~~ What do I write? Thanks for asking. Get the fre...

Good Adventures, I have a new intro to the show this week. It took me 33 weeks to figure it out, but I think it speaks more to what the show is about - books! This week, I chat with TW Piperbrook about his sci-fi and post apoc series, and walk you through attaching your library card to Amazon (thanks Rachael Herron, I'm so sorry I forgot to credit you. And I can't remember which podcast she mentio...

Good Adventures! Today, I'm finishing my chat with Best Selling author Gary Collins. He writes about living simple, healthy, and off the grid. Not necessarily all at once though! Comment over on our YouTube channel. Links: https://www.amazon.com/Gary-Collins/e/B009MSJDD6 Find out more about Gary's programs: http://www.thesimplelifenow.com ~~ What do I write? Thanks for asking. Get the free prequel...

Good Adventures, This week is part one of my chat about living healthy and off the grid with Gary Collins.  Comment over on our YouTube channel. Links: http://www.thesimplelifenow.com ~~ What do I write? Thanks for asking. Get the  free prequel to my June Nash Misadventure series and find out why a monkey was wearing June’s bra. Or dive right in and get the full length novel, How to Sex Your Snake...

Good Adventures, Yes, I'm still sick. Good God. What is wrong with me?! This time, I think it's allergies. Still. This week on the show, I've got YA Fantasy author Jennifer Ellision - fierce lady led fantasy - and we're talking pirates and Chicago. But not pirates in Chicago. Yes, I'm still sick. It's a great show. I know I always say that but it really is. I had a blast chatting with her. And her...

Good Adventures, I'm back from my trip to Chicago for the Sell More Books Show Summit. It was fantastic and I met tons of excellent writers that I"ll be featuring in upcoming shows. This week, we're diving into the meta physical sciences with Anmarie Uber. Do you study numerology? Drop me a note below. I'm new to this and I'll be doing her 30 day workbook to help me figure out what it's all about....

Good Adventures, My dizzies are mostly gone now and I'm writing full time again. To get myself back into June's mindset, and get the next book in the series finished, I've been rereading How to Sex Your Snake. I had planned on reading some for you but I suck at it, so I'm going to defer to Rosie Zwaduk, the audiobook's narrator   and share the first two chapters. Comment over on our YouTube channe...

Good Adventures! Still on my cozy kick, I'm chatting with Tyler Davis, one half of the pen name Christine Zane Thomas. Murder, recipes, and running. Comment over on our YouTube channel. Links: Buy the Foodie Files Mysteries on Amazon . The latest Foodie Files Mystery is out!  Prefer audio? Foodie files are  here . Marvels, Mochas, and Murder is here  Join the Christine Zane Thomas newsletter. Book...