STRAIGHT FROM THE AUTHOR'S ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS REAWAKENED WORLDS: Vintage Dystopian and Sci-fi Stories by a Master Storyteller is the first volume in a collection of short stories and novelettes by John Hayden Howard (1925-2014), known to fans as Hayden Howard. A well-regarded contemporary of such science fiction icons as Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, and Robert Heinlein, he was a 1967 Nebula Award finalist. Written in the classic science … [Read more...]
Author Ron Chepesiuk Discusses Writing BAD HENRY: The Murderous Rampage of ‘The Taco Bell Strangler’
When I finished my last book, THE REAL MR. BIG: How A Refugee Became The UK's Most Notorious Cocaine Kingpin, also published by WildBlue, I really didn't have another book project in mind. I have been focusing on writing screenplays and was enjoying it, but I still have the itch to write another book. If you are thinking about making money from writing, there is no comparison between writing a book and a screenplay. Writing a low-budget … [Read more...]
Author Lawrence Davis Says, “Sons Make Madmen Out of Fathers”
There I was, staring at a version of my book-perfectly content with it-with a deadline I might actually hit for once and this fool-hearty belief that I might actually be on top of my shit. And then my son was born. Funny enough, as seismic as that event was, life seemed to hand-select this window of time to throw a dozen or so more curve balls at me as if I wasn't all of a sudden juggling the biggest challenge of … [Read more...]
N. Leigh Hunt Highly Commended at the True Crime Awards in Category for Best New True Crime Author in the UK!
N. Leigh Hunt's I DON'T LIKE MONDAYS: The True Story Behind America's First Modern School Shooting wins Highly Commended at the True Crime Awards. [I'm] chuffed really. So many great books and I finished in virtually the top of the class. The winner was a great book." -Author N. Leigh Hunt at True Crime Awards 2023 N. Leigh Hunt is on the shortlist! We are thrilled to announce that one of our very … [Read more...]
Meet Internationally Renowned True Crime Author Ron Chepesiuk
Meet WildBlue Author of THE REAL MR. BIG: How a Colombian Refugee Became the United Kingdom's Most Notorious Cocaine Kingpin and BAD HENRY: The Murderous Rampage of 'The Taco Bell Strangler' "Ron could run any intelligence agency in the world."-Lew Diaz, former undercover DEA agent "Ike Atkinson, is the real deal, and not the stuff of Hollywood legend. The author delivers an eminently readable book about a genuine Mr. Big who knows … [Read more...]
Lawrence Davis, Author of THE MONSTERS AND MEN Trilogy, Pens ‘Ode to an Editor’
An editor is the Even-as I have come to call them. I've had the pleasure of working with like-minded people to collaborate on creative ideas. Soundboarding is all about creative and conceptual discussions, as it allows for free-flowing conversations where everything and anything is possible. The concept phase is always the most enjoyable and exciting part. But an editor is a different monster completely. I've had the pleasure of working with … [Read more...]
Meet Memoir Author Jim Duke
VISIT authorjimduke.com Dropping out of high school to pursue the life of a cowboy in Texas, Jim Duke eventually bullshitted his way into college and attended University of Wyoming and University of Texas before finally earning a BS in Zoology and MS in Range Science on Mountain Goat Habitat in Alaska, both from Colorado State University. His taste for the wild has taken him to the upper Amazon, Patagonia, Madagascar, and mountain biking … [Read more...]
John Wesley Anderson Tells How His Writing Is Shaped By Conan Doyle and Gene Roddenberry
Ever since I was a little boy, I liked to read. The first book I remember reading cover to cover was Silver Blaze, a Sherlock Holmes short story written by Sir Author Conan Doyle. I think I was probably in the third grade. I was fascinated by the character, Sherlock Holmes, who possessed the investigative skills that allowed him to solve mysteries that even the finest detectives with Scotland Yard could not. My mother had been with the Colorado … [Read more...]
Linda Lou Long
Linda Lou Long has worked for over thirty years in a variety of law enforcement and state government positions. Her experience includes working as a Process Officer, riding on Equine Mounted Patrol, and acting as a Search and Rescue Canine Handler. Linda Lou has also worked with juveniles in a youth camp called Camp Sherwood for the Illinois State Police. More recently, Linda Lou is acting as the trainer with the Illinois Police … [Read more...]
Get to know author S.L. Ditmars
Writing is something new to me. I didn't grow up wanting to write a book or be an author. Prior to this book, I had mostly written term papers for college and police reports for work. I've never taken a class on how to write and, right about now, a couple of you may be thinking, "Yeah, I know." I've spent most of my life in public service. After graduating from Lakewood High School, I was awarded a Marine Corps scholarship to the University of … [Read more...]