Author Erica R. Stinson

Welcome back! If you haven't read the intro from last month, you can check it out right here before you read any further. So, does it all begin at Chapter One, Page One? Hardly! That's a part of it, but for me, that doesn't come until a bit down the line.  Where it actually starts is at 'inception'.  Inception is when I start getting weird and crazy thoughts in my head that swirl around in there, sometimes for months, as I try to think up the next big suspense or thriller plot that hasn't already been done or overdone. Sometimes I'll bat stories around for months before I even write a single word. With my very first book, a romantic-suspense called "Broken Pieces", I had written on that story off and on for about ten years. The reason it took long for me to publish it was fear. Fear that it wasn't good enough or people would laugh or worse, they wouldn't want to read it at all. I pride myself on being able to come up with these wild...

Hi guys! As promised, today is the day that I begin my new blog series, Many Hands Make Write Work . You know, I have always loved writing and creating stories from a very young age.  My mother Judy, who is a retired 3rd-grade school-teacher, had me reading by the time I was four. Dick and Jane didn't do it for me, no but I began reading books from Stephen King and V.C. Andrews by the time I was eight or so.  But I also read Roald Dahl, Judy Blume, and my beloved hardcover Nancy Drew Mysteries.  I eventually evolved to high-fantasy novels such as Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time series and David Eddings' series of books, The Elenium, The Belgariad and The Mallorean.  I actually have a high-fantasy novel that I wrote back in the early '90s that I am planning to release under a pen-name someday. So, who knows?   While reading on an adult-level, I would carry a pocket dictionary with me so I could look up any words I didn't understand. Yes, I was a boo...

Hi Guys! I am hard at work on my next project and I thought I'd share some insight on what goes into writing a book from beginning to end.  I know most of us are happy to buy a book, read and enjoy a story but have you ever wondered what it takes for a book to get to that point?   Stick with me for a six-episode blog series on this very process as I work on "Dissemble", my upcoming book.   The series will start in May.  Also, if you haven't done so already please sign up for my newsletter by visiting my website at https://ericarstinson.wixsite.com/home Hope to see you soon! Erica :-) 

Get The Doctor by Erica R. Stinson

Hi guys! So I have been burning the midnight oil as I add some last-minute twists and turns to my upcoming novel, The Doctor.  Check out the sample prologue and chapter here . I am sooooo very excited about this one as the new year is about to roll around. I hope you get a chance to check out the entire thing when The Doctor releases on January 21, 2020! Ta-ta! Erica

Hi! I just thought that I'd share with you that all of my books are now on Kindle Unlimited! I am very excited to reach even more readers now as I prepare for the release of my upcoming book, The Doctor. (more on that in a sec.) If you are part of Kindle Unlimited, great! If not, then you can get a free trial by signing up here. Now, for The Doctor:  The sample of my upcoming psychological-thriller is available by visiting the following link. A night out turns to terror for Avery Hansen when she wakes up in a locked hospital room with no recollection of how she got there. ​A nurse arrives and informs Avery that the doctor will see her shortly, and that is all the woman will say. Nothing more. ​Avery soon discovers, to her horror, that she is not alone. Other women are being detained throughout the facility and she is further horrified to recognize one of the women, reported missing by the media in recent weeks. Then Avery begins to notice that w...

Hi Guys! I am super SUPER excited to announce my upcoming thriller, "The Doctor". Be sure to stay tuned for a sneak preview in the coming weeks. Here's what it's about: ---------------- A night out turns to terror for Avery Hansen when she wakes up in a locked hospital room with no recollection of how she got there. ​A nurse arrives and informs Avery that the doctor will see her shortly, and that is all the woman will say. Nothing more. ​Avery soon discovers, to her horror, that she is not alone. Other women are being detained throughout the facility and she is further horrified to recognize one of the women, reported missing by the media in recent weeks. Then Avery begins to notice that women disappear from the facility, never to be seen again, and new ones replace them. The evasive director of the secured facility, known as Doctor Perritt, has plans for Avery and the other women also being held against their will. But Avery has always gone against ...