Tweet The Stream an Eric Hoffer Award Finalist! Super News! The Stream was selected as a Finalist for the 2015 Eric Hoffer Award, in the category of General Fiction! The Eric Hoffer Award for books and short prose was named after the American philosopher, Eric Hoffer, and has become one of the largest international awards […]
Author Archives: A. R. Silverberry
THE STREAM a da Vinci Eye Finalist
April 20, 2015 – 6:47 pm
Tweet BIG NEWS! My novel, The Stream, was selected as a finalist for the 2015 da Vinci Eye Award. The Eric Hoffer Award for short prose and independent books bestows the da Vinci Eye to books with superior cover artwork, judging both content and style. The award is an additional distinction beneath the Eric Hoffer […]
Drop Everything and Read!
April 10, 2015 – 4:04 pm
Tweet My friends and I at the Fantasy and Science Fiction News Network are celebrating DEAR, Drop Everything And Read Day, with a special event, running from April 10 through April 12. In honor of Beverly Cleary’s birthday–she inspired the day with her book, Ramona Quimby–the national Drop Everything And Read day is April 12th! […]
Zein Trilogy: Graham Wood Author Interview
March 12, 2015 – 3:26 pm
Tweet Fellow Fantasy and Science Fiction Network author, Graham Wood, joins us today to share about his novels, Zein: The Trilogy – Book 1, The Prophecy, and Book 2, The Homecoming, to be released in April/May 2015. Please welcome Graham Wood! Silverberry: Tell us a little about yourself. Wood: I was born and […]
Polarity in Motion: Brenda Vicars Author Interview!
March 5, 2015 – 4:22 pm
Tweet I’m thrilled to have Young Adult Contemporary author, Brenda Vicars, join us today to discuss her novel, Polarity in Motion, from Red Adept Publishing. Brenda’s background as an educator brings a deep and compassionate understanding of the young adult characters she writes about. Join me in welcoming Brenda Vicars! And don’t forget to enter […]
Wendy Van Camp: Writing a Persuasion Prequel
December 12, 2014 – 7:24 am
Tweet Jane Austen is one of my favorite authors, and Persuasion is one of my favorite novels, penned at the peak of her artistry. When I found out that author Wendy Van Camp had written a prequel, The Curate’s Brother, I was full of questions. Happily, she agreed to dialogue with me about the […]
THE STREAM a Shelf Unbound Notable Book!
December 7, 2014 – 6:17 am
Tweet Thrilling News! My novel, The Stream, was honored as a Shelf Unbound Notable Book in the category of Literary Fiction in their 2014 Writing Competition for Best Independently Published Book! Per the publisher, nearly a thousand entries were in the contest, and it was a very competitive field. All the contest results are in […]
7 Tips to Beating Writer’s Block
December 4, 2014 – 4:08 pm
Tweet 7 Tips to Beating Writer’s Block Guest Post, by Alina Sayre Back in the spring, I undertook the enormous project of writing and publishing a novel by the end of this year. To meet that goal, I realized I’d have to write 10,000 words a week. That didn’t leave much time for writer’s block! […]
Kindle Fire Contest
November 8, 2014 – 1:35 am
Tweet Do you live in and around the San Francisco Bay Area? If so, I’ll be signing copies of my novels, Wyndano’s Cloak and The Stream, at St Mary’s Holiday Bizarre, Saturday, November 8, from 9 – 3 PM. Twenty-five local artisans will be selling their crafts, so it’s a wonderful opportunity to grab beautiful, […]
R. E. Blake on NA, YA, & Contemporary Romance
October 21, 2014 – 5:45 pm
Tweet USA Today bestselling author R. E. Blake joins us for a guest post discussing those pesky genre labels. Take it away, R. E. Blake! New Adult? Young Adult? Contemporary Romance? Coming-of-age? When I sat down to write the trilogy that turned out to be the Less Than Nothing novels, I had no idea what […]
