SLR Contributor Allen Mendenhall Interviews Ace Atkins SLR: What I suspect everyone wants to know is, how do you stay so prolific? How do you write so much, so quickly? AA: I’m very fortunate to be a full-time novelist. I’ve been writing full time since 2001 and that gives me the freedom […]
Read of the Month: Collected Works of American Novelist Ace Atkins
November 1, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Click to Order Click to Order Infamous and The Ranger by Ace Atkins Review by Allen Mendenhall As an Auburn University instructor and a lifelong Auburn football fan with multigenerational ties to that school, I’m not neutral when it comes to Ace Atkins, an Auburn alumnus who lettered for the best damn football team […]
Meet Stephen Wetta, Author of October Read of the Month: If Jack’s in Love
October 2, 2011 by Leave a Comment
EXCITEMENT!!! That’s what we feel about Jack Wetta’s debut novel, If Jack’s in Love, and we are certain that after you read the following interview by SLR contributor Rhett DeVane, you’ll be laughing so hysterically you will order this Read of the Month immediately. SLR: Is there an intended message in If […]
October Read of the Month, If Jack’s in Love by Stephen Wetta
October 1, 2011 by 1 Comment
Click to Buy If Jack’s in Love by Stephen Wetta Reviewed by Rhett DeVane The transition between tormented boyhood and teenage angst is difficult enough for young genius Jack Witchner. Add in a shiftless redneck father, a bullying dope-smoking older brother, a meek homely mother, and a family home that is an eyesore […]
Meet Jennifer Niven, Author of September Read of the Month: Velva Jean Learns to Fly
September 2, 2011 by Leave a Comment
At SLR, we ran a raving review of Jennifer Niven’s first Velva Jean novel, Velva Jean Learns to Drive, so we were thrilled when we received the sequel, Velva Jean Learns to Fly. Niven didn’t disappoint. We’re pleased to select this title as our September Read of the Month, and we hope you’ll […]
September Read of the Month, Velva Jean Learns to Fly by Jennifer Niven
September 1, 2011 by Leave a Comment
September Read of the Month Click to Buy Velva Jean Learns to Fly By Jennifer Niven Reviewed by Philip K. Jason Jennifer Niven won much praise and many readers with her first novel, Velva Jean Learns to Drive. In that book, the focus is on Velva Jean’s teen years in Depression era Appalachia. […]