Dear Authors, Seriou...

Hello, my name is Pavarti and I am a Book Blogger/Author/Mother/Wife/Business Owner/Tax Accountant/Crazy Person/Teacher/Church Member/Friend/Daughter/Publicist/Gardener.  When you write me, please keep those things in mind, as in I’m BUSY.  I’ve written about this before on Novel...

There are only two s...

Yesterday’s conversation about the Hunger Games, which evolved into Battle Royale, which evolved into Lord of the Flies, which evolved into the Bible at some point got me thinking about something my high school theatre theater said once.  The brilliant Chip Rome from Robinson Secondary...

World Building: The ...

World building should be easy, right? After all, you’re freeing yourself from the constraints of the real world and making the whole thing up out of the fathomless space in your own head. Creating your new world – whether it’s fantasy, science fiction, alternate history or just some simple...

Vaginal Vernacular &...

You read that right, we’re talking about writing and vaginas here on my blog today. Remember, Fighting Monkey Press is for the 18 and over crowd.  If that’s not you, bugger off, you shouldn’t be reading this. Now before you get offended please say the most offensive word you...

Publishing FanFic &#...

I’ve been dwelling on this quite a lot, as many of you know.  Hope I haven’t bored you.  After getting input from authors and fans alike I think I’ve found a comfortable middle ground. I will not be publishing GrindCore, if I do anything I’ll offer it on my website...

Smashwords Bans Erot...

For those of you who have only heard about the great debate going on over Smashwords‘ decision to comply with PayPal‘s demand that certain content not be allowed on sites who utilize their services here is the letter – word for word – that I received from Mark Coker. ...