Category: Contemporary Women Writers
Exploring the Haunted Cemeteries of Virginia: A Journey Through History, Folklore, and Ghost Stories
By Sharon Pajka Not all ghosts are meant to scare us. Some are simply trying to share a story. In my upcoming book, Haunted Virginia Cemeteries, releasing August 5, 2025, from The History Press, I take readers on a journey through more than fifty cemeteries across the Commonwealth of Virginia—places where the line between past and present feels […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Stacey Marshall
Interview between author, Stacey Marshall and her character, Captain Courage Captain Courage is the superhero principal at Blythe Elementary School in my new book, Captain Courage and the Fear-Squishing Shoes by Stacey Marshall, M.S., CCC-SLP. In this story, the captain swoops in to help a new student, Katie, who’s facing common challenges at school. Whether it’s presenting […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Jennifer Jabaley
WHAT’S YOURS IS MINE Determined daughters. Controlling mothers. There’s no such thing as friendly competition in a twisty novel of suspense about ambition, revenge, and unrealized dreams. Valerie Yarnell is a hardworking single mother who’d do anything for her daughter, Kate. Kate is a dancer with dreams of stardom, just like her talented best friend, […]
Pivoting to Writing at 70
By Patricia Grayhall After a nearly forty-year career as a medical specialist, I retired with my partner to a beautiful log home on a mountaintop overlooking the Strait of Juan de Fuca that divides Washington and British Columbia. Then, at nearly 70 years old, when we were downsizing, I came across a stack of old […]
Harvesting a Memoir
Muriel A. Murch The house is still. The family have flown to Los Angeles or Buenos Aires. My husband is in New York while I am here on the farm. We take turns reaching out to one another, I travel east more often than he comes west. We are as free to roam or stay […]
August Recommended Reads
Infidelity Rules: A Menu For Disaster, The Perils of Loving Food, Wine, and Married Men, Joelle Babula “Infidelity Rules is a delicious escape. The complexities of love and wine pair for an emotional journey alongside characters navigating broken hearts and moral dilemmas.” -Audrey Ingram, author of The River Runs South QUINN DAVIS shatters the norm. She’s […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Laura Resau
The Alchemy of Flowers “Utterly captivating. This beautiful novel casts a whispery spell of dark enchantments, secrets, and myth.” –Evie Woods, bestselling author of The Mysterious Bakery on Rue de Paris A broken woman. A mysterious job ad. A chance to heal in French castle gardens–but strange things are growing behind the ancient stone walls. This […]
Valerie Burns interviews Madison Montgomery from ICING ON THE MURDER
From Agatha and Edgar Award nominated author Valerie Burns, influencer-turned-bakery-owner Maddy Montgomery has sold plenty of wedding cakes before, but before she turns one out for her and her fiancé’s wedding, she’ll have to solve a little case of murder first… Aunt Octavia would be so proud! Maddy has turned Baby Cakes Bakery—named for her […]
Inspiration for Out Of Ukraine
My novel “Out of Ukraine” is based on my true story of accompanying my son to Ukraine to pick up his daughter. He and his wife had used a surrogate in Ukraine because it was a third of the cost of using one in the United States. There were a handful of other countries that […]
The Business Of Being An Author
By Zelly Ruskin I thought the hard part was going to be finishing the book. Then I published. The image of an author is often one of someone chewing a pencil, with wads of papers beneath their chair. Maybe they’d be deep in thought, or frazzled—or both. In today’s world, they are sitting uninspired at […]
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