The Anxious Author

  Our March author spotlight is a lovely lady who writes multiple genres under four different names. Brandi Gillian is most known for her romance stories, but she also writes gay romance, horror, thriller, and young adult.    "I write under several names. Brandi Gillian, Faolan Kurayami, Rayne Cross, and B.G. Loree," stated Gillian. "Brandi Gillian is my real name. Faolan Kurayami and Rayne Cross are pen names, and B.G. Loree is a play on my real name."   When Gillian entered the publishing world, she used her alter ego Kuryami. She started as a gay romance author and branched out into other genres over time.    Gillian explained, "I started writing as Faolan Kurayami over 10 years ago as a gay romance author. At the time, a lot of the authors or writers I knew used pen names. It was for privacy. So, I came up with Faolan Kurayami. I started Rayne Cross a little over a year ago because with Rayne I can write creepy, scary, and horror, and not have romance a...

      Welcome back to our second episode of Shelf Life. In February I read 9 books, putting me at a total of 17 books read so far. That leaves me pretty far away from my goal of 150 this year, but I'm making progress.  February's Reviews: Lore Olympus (Vol. 2) (Rachel Smythe) February Graphic Novel, Mythology Retelling YA, New Adult Hardcover 3/5 This volume of Lore Olympus was more of a 3.5 for me. I understand that it is hard to include lots of dialogue details in a graphic novel, due to scenes being drawn instead of described, but this volume felt like the pace was off. It feels like the story is going too slowly. That said, I fully intend to read the rest of the volumes. I have to find out if a certain god gets found out for what he did to Persephone. Plus, I have a soft spot for Hades. He deserves all the love and I want to see him get his happy ever after. The Pig...