This summer is going to be huge for SPMG. Upcoming titles include The Darkest Age, a YA epic by talented newcomer Ashleigh Galvin, a surreal fantasy by Alison Lyke called Honey and so much more! Click to download our catalog in PDF format!
A little bird told me that you like to find interesting, fun and creative content on the web. Whether you’re looking for trivia, articles, videos, images, books, quotes or random observations about life, odds are somebody out there on Twitter is tweeting something that’ll get your engine going in the morning.* Well here’s a handy-dandy list [...]
The makers of the sensational new RPG, “The Darkest Age” are now giving you a chance at the helm. We are now accepting submissions for original, well written short stories focusing on the end of the world. We are looking for 2500 to 5000 words of fiction about the end of times. We’re talking major apocalypse [...]
By: Nicole Galloway-Miller No matter the genre, every story needs an antagonist, a character who works against the hero or heroine and thwarts his or her every move. When writing a villain, it is easy to turn to the tried and true clichés of evil in-laws, serial killers, and stalkers. These types of characters make [...]
That’s right, folks. We are heralding our newest addition to the Spectacle family with a truly imaginative oddball: “Poetry for Engineers.” Each page meticulously written out on a typewriter and then scanned into digital format, engineer/author Clayton T. Grow, P.E. creates a masterful book of mathematical art. The combination of his quaint, sometimes white-out corrected pages [...]
Can you be a novelist in just 90 days? Many well-known authors write their novels in just weeks according to 90 Days to Your Novel – A Day-to-Day Plan for Outlining & Writing Your Book by Sarah Donet. Can it be you? It all depends on your commitment to your project. 90 [...]
Check out this sample from the upcoming young adult fantasy novel Heron’s Path by Alethea Eason: — — — On a hot day in September I found Celeste’s clothes scattered all over the barn, one shoe upside down next to Papa’s forge and the other inside a milking pail. Her yellow dress hung from a [...]
Huldredrom – Dream of the Hid-Folk by Christopher R. Knutson Review by Eric Staggs This unique piece of literature came to my attention through pure chance. Since I have found that the best pieces of literature often do arrive via unforeseen channels, I agreed to read and review it. I’m glad I [...]
It wakes you up in the middle of the night. It nudges you on the drive to work. Inside of you, somewhere in the dusty recesses of your mind, an idea is itching to be brought to life. You have a story waiting to be told, a story the world needs to hear. So why [...]