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Blog postThank you so much for supporting local artists this holiday!
When you support local authors like these, you aren't just buying a book. You are helping boost creativity and connection in our community. These writers give back in the best ways:writing mentorship,community panelists,speakers for libraries, museums, and other organization,coaching local creative entrepreneurs, signings and literary events to boost local businesses,and so much more!Buying (and reviewing!) their -
Blog postIn a pre-apocalyptic world, I set aside a bit of money to get out of the house each week. I wrote in a coffee shop just to reconnect with humanity for a little while. And I met a friend for lunch to shake the rust off the ol' social skills. I doubt my $20 was a make-it-or-break-it investment in my community, but my $20 along with everyone else's kept our social centers thriving and supported more jobs than I think any of us realized at the time.
That was February 2020.
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Blog postNormally, when asked to contribute a short story to a collection, my first response is to scramble for a polite way to decline. So, when Maya asked if I would be interested in putting together an illustrated anthology about a cigarette ghost, no one was more surprised than I to find myself saying yes. And I wasn’t the only one. Everyone I approached about the project found themselves immediately intrigued. The ghost and the cigarette. It is a collection of symbols that pulls at the cre
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Blog postDark designs, midnight trysts.
Alyse's Venice seethes with shadows and not-quite-forgotten demons ready to rise from the crumbling mortar of the great city's ruin. And the Venetian's themselves? There is no more need of masks. There is no one left to spy them slipping through collapsed hall on their way to satiate their darker desires.
The Venice we know today lost its masks once, too. Carnivale was outlawed in the 1700s. In 1979, Venice decided use the ancient festival -
Blog postHidden identities, secret intrigues.
Venice, once the golden seat for the conspiracies of an Adriatic empire, slowly declined into the European center of debauchery for generations of disillusioned wastrels flaunting the strictures of the world beyond its waters. By the time Alyse Kate Bryant steps into the island’s ruins in FACES IN THE WATER, Venice has little more left than the legends of what she once was. But those legends grow restless and unwitting accomplices breathe -
Blog postWonderfully talented illustrator (and recently also turned author) Maya Lilova and I have been working together for nearly three years now. Together we've created the world of The Gates of Aurona and we now have two collaborative projects coming up: THE LEFT BEHINDS and THE GHOST AND THE CIGARETTE. She's also helped me redesign THE SHADES OF VENICE series and SPECTRE OF INTENTION. I thought it was long past time to give her a proper introduction! Hi Maya! Some of our readers don’t know t
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Blog postThe desperation and the joy: endless hour of the last minute is up on us! I've put together this quick list of my favorite books from this year. Perhaps you will find a bit of inspiration within these digital stacks for your own shopping. If you have suggestions of your own, please leave the titles and authors in the comments section! All images link to Amazon. Graphic Novels Some of these my kids introduced me to. Some I stumbled onto at comic cons. Each of them showed a flair for
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Blog postThe Macalino Authors (a.k.a. my family) publish under the imprint Crystal Mosaic Books. While we have a collective website at www.macalino.com, I put this quick catalog together, so that you could access all of our books from one page. Thanks so much for staying in touch and supporting our work!
*Note: The links below are all for Amazon. If you prefer another provider, you can grab that link from the individual book listings on my website or my family's. -
Blog postSignings and reading events bring my family of authors together with readers from all over the globe. We have such a great time chatting about our shared love of books and learning people's stories! What an amazing community to be a part of.
In thanks for all of you sharing your thoughts and passions with us--and for your support of our own writing endeavors--we have put together this shopping guide of six books for every reader age group represented by our works. Hope it is helpful -
Blog postOnce upon a time…
Because isn’t that how all the best stories start? With once upon a time?
Once upon a time, two young mothers took gambles on their dreams. They created businesses in a quaint little downtown in a quaint little city called Hillsboro. One of these young ladies—we’ll call her Tonya—opened a soap and lotion business (Rustling Sage) and sold her wares in a charming boutique aptly named The Artfull Garden. The other young lady—we’ll call her Ti
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