Make no bones about it – apparently, shrunken skulls in the late-night read & critique workshop do just fine – our annual Irvine event proved to be yet another knockout weekend for writers. Big shout out to the conferees who placed their trust in the SCWC staff; along with Rick an[Click For The Rest...]

So excited to share this quick heads-up: Game of Thrones co-executive producer and writer Bryan Cogman calls Nathan Makaryk’s epic debut novel, Nottingham, “The most pleasurable reading experience I’ve had since first discovering George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice an[Click For The Rest...]

Today’s guest blogger is Jean Jenkins, a co-founder of the SCWC, consultant to writers and freelance editor with over 25 years of editorial expertise placing clients with major publishers in both the U.S. and abroad. “The hardest part is the individual meetings,” an agent once told me[Click For The Rest...]

“[A] remarkably fresh, intense thriller, and Lily Wong is one hell of a new hero,” enthuses New York Times bestselling author J.T. Ellison (Tear Me Apart) of Tori Eldridge’s The Ninja Daughter (Agora Books). Murder, She Wrote Series author Jon Land calls it “a riveting, rollicking, ro[Click For The Rest...]

The follow-up to international award-winning author Ara Grigorian’s Game of Love and Ten Year Dance hits shelves September 24th. As a longtime SCWCer, however, he’ll have his latest available exclusively to those attending Irvine. A YA novel, 15 Days With You follows a young man’s wen[Click For The Rest...]

Following the publication of her first short story in 2010, Kali Wallace has gone on to publish two darkly phantasmal young adult books, Shallow Graves and The Memory Trees, as well the children’s fantasy adventure City of Islands, all critically lauded by Kirkus Reviews. Salvat[Click For The Rest...]

“Chilling,” is how Publisher Weekly describes Come and Get Me, the debut novel from Norm Thoeming, writing as August Norman. “Thoroughly memorable,” declares Booklist. And author Lisa Brackmann (Black Swan Rising) effuses, “[This] page-turning thriller features a sly sense of humor &#[Click For The Rest...]

SCWC Content and Social Media Manager Lacey Impellizeri profiles multiple award-winning author Matthew J. Pallamary. LI: How long have you been writing? What is your experience in the industry? Did you ever expect to become an author and what is your favorite part of being an author? [Click For The Rest...]

Publishers Weekly declares The Two Lila Bennetts (Lake Union Publishing), “Intriguing … Chapters headed ‘captured’ and ‘free’ alternate, each describing a parallel reality … Along with two perfect endings, this satisfying thriller offers food for thought. Flawless pacing w[Click For The Rest...]

Following the release of a fifth traditionally published novel. author Jonathan Yanez parlayed his success into a prolific independent publishing juggernaut. With over three dozen titles behind him, including the Gateway to the Galaxy, New Arilion Knights, and Pandora Experiment sci-f[Click For The Rest...]