Category: On Writing
My Writing Journey by Lena Gregory
My Writing Journey by Lena Gregory I suppose you could say my writing journey began when I was in the fifth grade and wrote a story using my vocabulary words about a couple of girls getting lost in the woods. To this day, I can remember the only place I lost points—using petrified to mean […]
Virtuous Women
Virtuous Women was born from my desire to transform my home into a haven of peace and comfort. My career as a parish pastor had just gone down in flames, in part because the congregation and the church hierarchy had forced me to choose between my ministry and my family. I chose my family and […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Rosey Lee Interviews Martha Gardin of THE GARDINS OF EDIN
Authors Interviewing Characters: Rosey Lee Interviews Martha Gardin of THE GARDINS OF EDIN About THE GARDINS OF EDIN: When the bonds in their family begin to fray, four women fight to preserve their legacy, heal their wounds, and move forward together in this heartwarming contemporary debut novel with loose parallels to beloved women from the […]
The Accidental Memoirist Lisa Braxton
The Accidental Memoirist Lisa Braxton I became fascinated with memoirs when I was a teenager. I voraciously read the first-person stories of Hollywood royalty, like Elizabeth Taylor, Sydney Poitier, Paul Newman, and Sammy Davis Jr. I enjoyed learning about their lives on and off the big screen, what motivated them to pursue acting, the training […]
Christina Bacilieri’s Interview with Kiera Vandyer
About THE LAST REFUGE (STEALING SANCTUARY) Magic will transform you. Power could destroy you. Actions will define you. Kiera Vandyer told herself she’d only agreed to this scheme for the money, that nothing else had drawn her to this venture, but you can’t lie to the truest parts of yourself. For sixteen years, she’s hidden […]
March: Reading with Rochelle Weinstein
Hello Readers & Friends, And a big hello to April! Spring has officially sprung, and I’m excited to share my March reads with you! Have you read any of these? Make sure to check out these titles. With Any Luck, Ashley Poston, Audible Every time Audrey kisses a man, he finds his soulmate the next […]
Author Leslie Karst interviewing Valerie Corbin, of Molten Death
Author Leslie Karst interviewing Valerie Corbin, of Molten Death MOLTEN DEATH Retired caterer Valerie Corbin and her wife Kristen have come to the Big Island of Hawai’i to treat themselves to a well-earned tropical vacation. After the recent loss of her brother, Valerie is in sore need of a distraction from her troubles and is […]
Writing DAUGHTER OF A PROMISE
Some people assume writing a third novel must be easier than writing the first, which is true to some degree only because one knows what to expect: that they are in for a long, winding, doubt-ridden journey. When I began drafting DAUGHTER OF A PROMISE I wasn’t sure what the challenges would be, only confident […]
A.H. Kim: Authors Interviewing Characters
A.H. Kim interviews Amelia Bae-Wood, the narrator and protagonist of Relative Strangers, a contemporary retelling of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility. Amelia talks about growing up in a mixed-race family, gaining fame as the girlfriend of a Michelin-starred chef, and finding joy at Arcadia, the idyllic cancer retreat center in northern California. — A.H. Kim: […]
Why I Wrote MIA’S JOURNEY
Why I Wrote MIA’S JOURNEY My latest novel, MIA’S JOURNEY, is about an astronaut who, just before her first space launch, is hit by a car and can’t go to space, ever. She refuses to believe what her boss and her doctors tell her, so she embarks on a mission to find a way to […]
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