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National Hispanic Heritage Month Spotlight: Michael Nava
“My responsibility as a Mexican-American writer is not to invariably cast Mexican-American characters in a positive light because that simply exchanges one kind of stereotype for another. My...
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Collin Wilcox's Tough-Cop Crime Thrillers
With temperatures dropping, there’s no better way to keep warm than with a good thriller. This week’s featured author, Collin Wilcox, has written enough murderous tales to last all winter!Although he...
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On Love and Literature: Hortense Calisher and Curtis Harnack
“We never tired of it, either of us,” Curtis Harnack said of his marriage to Hortense Calisher. “It was just one of those things that went on and on, you know? Fifty years. It went by very...
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In Their Own Words: Life as a Confederate Soldier
"In Their Own Words" is a blog series featuring excerpts that represent the soldier's experience. Thanks for joining us as we celebrate the American men and women of service this Veterans Day.The...
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In Their Own Words: Life as an Antiwar Activist
“In Their Own Words” is a blog series featuring excerpts that represent the soldier's experience. Thanks for joining us as we celebrate the American men and women of service this Veterans Day.Born on...
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Riots, Corruption, and Devastation: A Look Inside the History of Marching to...
With the turbulent historical Midwest as a backdrop, Mary Glickman’s characters fight for love, freedom, and a home in Marching to Zion, the author’s newest novel. The story is set predominantly in...
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In Their Own Words: Life as a Vietnam Veteran
"In Their Own Words" is a blog series featuring excerpts that represent the soldier's experience. Thanks for joining us as we celebrate the American men and women of service this Veterans Day.We Were...
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NaNoWriMo: Your Turn as an Author
It’s that time of year again: Break out your trusty pencil or computer and hunker down, because NaNoWriMo is upon us! To refresh your memory, NaNoWriMo is when people try to complete a first draft of a...
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In Their Own Words: Life as a Combat Aviator in Iraq
"In Their Own Words" is a blog series featuring excerpts that represent the soldier's experience. Thanks for joining us as we celebrate the American men and women of service this Veterans...
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In Their Own Words: Life as a Mortuary Affairs Marine in Iraq
"In Their Own Words" is a blog series featuring excerpts that represent the soldier's experience. Thanks for joining us as we celebrate the American men and women of service this Veterans Day.Shade it...
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Century of Crime Giveaway!
Many aspects of the mystery novel have changed drastically over the past century—style, language, technology, and crimes—but the core of the genre has stood the test of time. As long as crooks persist,...
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October Retro Reads Roundup
The temperature is steadily dropping and there’s a chill in the night air, so we decided to spook things up a bit with our October Retro Reads pick, Sally Beauman’s Lovers and Liars. With a sordid sex...
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A Special Romance Giveaway
Here at Open Road, we're crazy about romance. (Maybe you are, too?) So this week, we are sharing that love of romance—along with a spiffy new Kobo Arc to read in style—with one lucky fan. Enter your...
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Inside the Wild World of Mary Wesley
Often referred to as “Jane Austen with sex,” Mary Wesley was a British novelist whose books sold more than three million copies, many of them ultimately becoming bestsellers. Her novels largely take...
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Science Fiction Wednesday: Thirteen Reasons to Read Sci-Fi by Women
It was supposed to be Ten Reasons. I tried. I really did. I just couldn’t get the list that short. Actually, I have mixed feelings about these lists. I don’t believe there’s any good reason for...
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Barbara Wilson's Fierce Female Detectives
Barbara Wilson is the pen name of Barbara Sjoholm, a writer, editor, teacher, and translator of Norwegian and Danish books. Her written works range from fiction and essays to memoirs and travel books....
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Love Will Tear You Apart: Giulia Ottaviano’s Inspiration
When I first arrived in Milano I was thirteen, it was August, and I remember my shoes being stuck to the melting asphalt, and the pungent smell of polluted air. The streets were empty, and the town...
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Science Fiction Wednesday: Pearls of Writing Wisdom
In honor of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), our weekly science fiction blog series will be turned into SciFiWriMo for the rest of...
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Compliments of Susan Isaacs: A Mystery for the Suburban Sleuth
Susan Isaacs began her career working in mysteries: the mystery of adolescent romance, that is. Her first writing job was giving advice to lovelorn teens for Seventeen magazine. Isaacs has since...
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