My fantasy cover

What artist, living or dead, would you want to do your cover design? By Rebecca Cantrell I was walking through a little gallery in Kona the other day. Usually the paintings they carry have tropical themes—whales, flowers, waves, cottages in the moonlight—and often I come across something

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iDrakula: iClassic? (courtesy of Kiss My Lit)

How would you update your favorite classic book? by Bekka Black (aka Rebecca Cantrell) Using my secret identity of Bekka Black (wait, just blew my cover, delete this later), I wrote a modernization of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. It’s called iDrakula and it’s supposed to come out in

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A Tale of Conferences Past

Conferences About Books! by Rebecca Cantrell I love reading. I grew up in a family of readers, but once I entered school I discovered that most of my classmates did not yearn to sneak away and read during recess. They wanted to play soccer or Frisbee or

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Advice for a Teen Writer

What would you tell a high school kid who wants to write? by Rebecca Cantrell OK, I’ve decided to name my high schooler. Her name in Mina, because that’s the main character in my YA novel and so she’s the high schooler I hang out with the

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The Joys of Social Networking?

“Do you like doing all the marketing, social networking and other obligations of modern book publishing? Or would you prefer to just sit in your room writing, with no business-side duties?” by Rebecca Cantrell Not counting being a mother, what I love most of all writing in

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