Writers – Allison M. Azulay

Favourite Characters

Post author:Allison Azulay
Post published:27 April 2021
Post category:Opinion Readers Writers
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Readers have favourite characters, as the many Outlander fan groups prove. But authors do, as well: that one man or woman who colours a writer's inner world enough to urge…

Voices

Post author:Allison Azulay
Post published:13 April 2021
Post category:Opinion Writers
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Find your "voice," aspiring authors are advised, voice being that manner of speech that translates on the page as yours alone. (Well, more or less. After all, there are millions…

JUDITH MILLAR

Post author:Allison Azulay
Post published:5 January 2021
Post category:Featured Author General Fiction Opinion Writers

Most of the books we read are mass produced by large companies like Harlequin, Dell, Penguin, and so on. Some may have been published by smaller companies like Medallion Press…

Evolution of an Idea

Post author:Allison Azulay
Post published:15 December 2020
Post category:Readers Writers

"Where are my socks?" Those were the first words of the original version of Citizen Marg, written in 2012 and unpublished. The story sat for years in my "done" box,…

Cyberspace Blues

Post author:Allison Azulay
Post published:1 December 2020
Post category:Opinion Readers Writers

I get up ev'ry mornin' And I crawl out o' my bed, Hit the button on my laptop, Hear that voice inside my head. Oh, I gotta write a blog…

The Weirdness of Words

Post author:Allison Azulay
Post published:17 November 2020
Post category:Opinion Readers Writers

The definitions of words are, well, defined, right? Wrong. Apart from the fact many words have multiple meanings, some derived from one language and some from another, and apart from…

Common Threads

Post author:Allison Azulay
Post published:3 November 2020
Post category:General Fiction Readers Writers

In a series of books, the main characters may return for new adventures, or their offspring or other relatives may appear in their stead. And devotees of series enjoy seeing…

Heroines

Post author:Allison Azulay
Post published:20 October 2020
Post category:Adventure Fantasy General Fiction History Horror Mystery Readers Romance Science Fiction Thrillers and Suspense Western Women's Fiction Writers

Once upon a time women in novels were frail creatures always in need of rescuing, or silly dolts who could not be expected to know the time of day, or…

Robert Crais

Post author:Allison Azulay
Post published:13 October 2020
Post category:Featured Author Mystery Readers Thrillers and Suspense Writers

More mystery than thriller, Robert Crais's Chasing Darkness follows a detective's hunt for the truth after a man he had helped clear of murder is found dead with evidence he…

Condensed Books

Post author:Allison Azulay
Post published:6 October 2020
Post category:General Fiction Readers Writers

Shortened versions of books have been popular for some time, condensed editions that (hopefully) have all the emotion and action of the story without the extra descriptions and scenes that…

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I NOTICED THE SWAGGER FIRST: that arrogant saunter that said, “I’m irresistible and I know it.” He was good-looking, yes—as emphasized by the tight jeans that displayed every muscle and more than hinted at one in particular. And the chambray shirt open to show off a broad chest matted with jet hair that proclaimed his masculinity.

–excerpt from Bad Twin

GINETTE LAY STARING into darkness in the low cot by the grand canopied bed in which Lady Barton snored softly. To her surprise and dismay, the old woman had roused from her fireside dozing when she entered the room and had insisted on regaling her with more tales of the foibles and weaknesses of the aristocracy as Ginette helped her undress.

Thinking back on it, she realized there had been a subtle urgency in the manner of the viscountess. Indeed, now that she recalled her months as maid-cum-companion, she recognized that she had felt yet dismissed a sense of impendence. At first, she had wondered was it she who anticipated something vaguely threatening, or was it Lady Barton who expected some event? Now, a certainty filled her that Lady Barton’s choosing to employ her signified much more than she had guessed.

But what?

–excerpt from Propositions and Proposals