Becky Allen Books

Writing by a neurotic New Yorker

Category: Writing

  • Jae on the BBB&S and FBF&S covers.

    Six Months Out Giveaway

    BOOK TWO: IT’S TIME. Um. In six months. Still: six months goes by so quickly! I can’t believe we’re already in June of this completely ludicrous year. So if the next six months go as quickly as the previous six did, well, it’s basically time for Freed by Flame and Storm, right? Or maybe I’m…

  • Jae on the BBB&S and FBF&S covers.

    Assault, Consent, and Romance in Bound by Blood and Sand

    (Notes: This blog entry discusses rape culture, also, there are minor BBB&S spoilers.) It’s April, which is sexual assault awareness month. So I want to take a second to talk about sexual assault in Bound by Blood and Sand, because, well, it’s in there. Jae, the protagonist, is a survivor of rape before the book…

  • A Year in Writing: 2016

    In early January, I usually take a minute to reflect and write a blog entry about the past year. I’m not doing that this year. To be honest, most of 2016 is kind of a blur to me, and the election overshadowed pretty much everything else — up to and including my book release. It…