Category: On Writing
Cousin Stories by Jessica Levine
Cousin Stories My female cousins were sister substitutes and best friends for me growing up as an only child, and I’ve always been fascinated by cousin relationships both in reality and the arts. There are probably tragic novels about cousins and even more tragic Ph.D. dissertations about them, but the tales that come to my […]
FIRES BURNING UNDERGROUND, Nancy McCabe EXCERPT
FIRES BURNING UNDERGROUND It’s Anny’s first day of middle school and, after years of being homeschooled, her first day of public school ever. In art, Larissa asks what kind of ESP is her favorite: telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition, or telekinesis? Tracy asks how she identifies: gay, straight, bi, asexual, pan, trans, or confused? And thus kicks […]
Heidi Siefkas Shines a Light on Resilience with Look Up—Global Stories of Resilience
After surviving a life-altering accident in 2010, author and speaker Heidi Siefkas adopted a two-word mantra that helped her rebuild her life—Look Up. It became her compass for navigating loss, recovery, and personal transformation. Now, more than a decade later, that simple phrase has evolved into a global movement, culminating in the release of her […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Jody Paschal
GROOMED Set during the early days of the global pandemic and at the height of the #MeToo movement, GROOMED follows Myles “Mylo” Gunn, a middle-aged man on the cusp of his 50th birthday. With little more than an endless news cycle of global horror and his thoughts to mark the passing days, Mylo finds himself […]
Creating Space for Stories, Self-Care, and Second Acts – Henlit Central
By Carolyn Clarke When I launched Henlit Central, I had one core mission: to create a vibrant, authentic space where women over 40 could connect through stories that reflect who we are at this beautiful and often overlooked stage of life. “Henlit,” short for “hen lit,” may sound cheeky, but it represents a powerful shift. […]
Do Women Grieve Differently from Men? An Author’s Perspective
By Lisa C. Taylor When I worked in the field of counseling, I encountered both parents and children who were grieving. During the eight years it took me to complete The Shape of What Remains, I immersed myself in research about the grieving process. I do not claim to be an expert but what I […]
A Memoir from a Grieving Therapist by Sally McQuillen
by Sally McQuillen I began writing to my son Christopher twenty-one days after he died at the age of twenty-one in an accident. I wrote to connect with him. I wrote to let him know how I was feeling after he left his beautiful body and went somewhere I wasn’t yet sure existed. Most of […]
Searching for Clarity in a Puzzling Gray Space
By Kathleen Somers For as long as I can remember, I’ve loved to write and had often fantasized about writing a book, though I never expected that I would one day do it. I have a drawer full of binders with children’s stories I had started over the years, bits and pieces of potential novels, […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Sara Foster
WHEN SHE WAS GONE Was she taken … or did she run? The pulse-pounding new psychological thriller from the bestselling author of You Don’t Know Me Rose once walked away from her daughter. Now she may be the only one who can save her. Former London police officer Rose Campbell has been estranged from her daughter, […]
With Great Risk Comes…..Additional Risks
by Savannah Hendricks When I set out to write my latest book, Sun City, 85373, I’d toyed around with the idea of the main character being a social worker. For the last thirteen years, it has been my day job, and as such, makes writing a story with a realistic career much easier because I […]
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