Romance Author
Elizabeth Castle

I was playing one of my favorite video game franchises when the idea for The Cantwell Quartet came about. The stories percolated a while before I sat down and outlined what would become one of my favorite series to write. The order the stories were told was important, and there was no question which character's story would end the series. To keep the characters authentic, I created character sheets and backstories of who each character was. Their names were intentionally chos

Indie authors and indie bookstores are not always the perfect pair. I am not upset when an indie bookstore only sells traditionally published books. Every business has to do what is right for them and their customers. But I am, as are other indie authors, thankful to indie bookstores that do carry indie books. There are many wonderful authors out there who went the indie route. I've spoken to this before; there are many reasons for the path an author chooses. It's a choice, n

I'm surprised by how many people set reading goals each year. If you're going to set goals, it's a great one. But for years, my life was regimented. What time I eat. What time I sleep. The hours I work. The days I get groceries. I bore myself. I have to keep a sleep schedule. I had insomnia a few years ago. I went to a sleep clinic, and eventually I was able to start sleeping mostly normally. But get me off that cycle, and forget it. I eat too much, so food schedules, when I

I see the question from time to time. It's a great question because the reasons vary. It's not just because the author couldn't get a traditional contract. Some of us, myself included, have never tried. The publishing landscape is changing. Trad-published authors are doing most of the work unless they can afford an assistant. Why do I publish Indie? I don't want to write the book someone else is telling me to write. There. I said it. I'm not talking about constructive critici