Category: On Writing
The Taking, a New Novel by Dona Masi, Explores What it’s Like to Confront the Unknown
By Dona Masi Human history is filled with stories about encounters with strange beings from other planets. In these stories, human beings are confronted by the unknown in their experiences with out-of-the-world creatures, and it changes their lives forever. At least this is true according to the legends of unidentified flying objects and alien abductions, […]
Give Yourself Permission to Pivot: The Ability to Change your Mind
By Jennifer Todling This fall, I originally had five solo trips planned for business retreats, milestone events and recording my audiobook. I love having time to myself and traveling on my own schedule where I get to indulge in my creative pursuits without distraction. During the pandemic, I somehow found the capacity to go back […]
I Didn’t Write My Book, I Felt It
By Sarah Lavane I think I’m a “one and done” author. Perhaps I’m wrong and there’s another book that will wriggle its way out of me in the future, but my memoir wasn’t a book I planned to write. It was a years-long feeling I couldn’t shake. It was a compulsion struggling to find its […]
Why I Write Silver Romance by Lynne M. Spreen
by Lynne M. Spreen All my life, I dreamed of literary success. I wanted to write and publish a blockbuster novel and live the life of the successful author. The universe had other plans, so I set the dream aside and applied myself to earning a paycheck. While rearing my son, climbing a career ladder, […]
Did You Come This Far To Only Come This Far?
Did You Come This Far To Only Come This Far? By Rachel Stone It’s often said we shouldn’t dwell in the past. That we need to let it go. To live in the now, and focus on the future. Well, I’m just going to put it out there: sometimes that rear-view mirror is the only way forward. It’s no secret […]
When Your Father Reads Your Novel Inspired by his Life
By Lisa Montanaro My father doesn’t really read. Well, okay, he reads boating magazines and car manuals, but not books. Certainly not novels. And yet, when I received the publishing deal for my debut novel, he called, and after congratulating me, said, “So, when am I going to read this manuscript?” “You want to read […]
Hope by Ashley Sweeney
In the dim crease of dawn, Galway’s docks clatter with stevedores, sailors, pimps, dogs. The air, laced with coal dust and smoke, reeks of rotting fish. Mary Agnes clutches her granddad’s arm as they weave through crowds swarming the wharfside, the sky leaden, threatening rain. Beyond a tangle of masts and battered hulls, a constant […]
The Pieces of a Novel
By Kate MacIntosh Readers often ask how an author finds the inspiration for a novel. And writers love to chat about their muse, or the universe, gifting them a book concept wrapped up in a sparkling package ready to go. The truth is less romantic. Ideas for books come in pieces, like furniture you put […]
Authors Interview Characters: Jen Marie Wiggins
Jen Marie Wiggins is the author of The Good Bride, a twisty domestic suspense novel inspired by the coastal town of Mexico Beach, Florida which was nearly decimated by Hurricane Michael in 2018. About the book: The Wedding of the Year turns disastrous in this twisty family drama full of lies and betrayals, perfect for fans […]
Excerpt of The Housekeeper’s Secret by Sandra Schnakenburg
For fans of stranger than truth stories, Sandy Schnakenburg is uncovering rattling and unprecedented revelations in this powerful memoir of love, secrets, and survival. When Lee Metoyer is hired to be the new housekeeper, she has no idea that she’s about to become the anchor to a family in an abusive patriarch’s home, setting a […]
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