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The Inspiration behind Extreme Vetting
The Inspiration behind Extreme Vetting by Roxana Arama One afternoon in 2018, I was browsing the news on my phone when I saw a video of the president of the United States at a rally, reading a poem about a venomous snake and a kind-hearted woman. The woman took the snake home to warm and […]
Amy Beashel: My Writing Journey
In 2016, I wrote my first book for young adults, a novel which secured me both an agent and – surprisingly – a world record. When I realised my protagonist would attempt to become the fastest woman in the world on a space hopper, I realised too that research was key. And so… I went […]
Finding Time: Writing Your Book in a Busy World
Finding Time: Writing Your Book in a Busy World by Sarah Fawn Montgomery These days, there is never enough time. Careers, caregiving, and capitalism compete for our attention along with the latest social, political, and environmental disasters. Rest seems to be a thing of the past and writing time is hard to come by when […]
Interview with Amy Jean
Amy Jean is a dreamer, a poet, mother, and writer sharing compelling stories. As a poet and writer, she has written numerous books. The Kingdom has Arrived: Foundations Volume 1, her debut memoir, is a compilation of poetry and prose that details her mystical and otherworldly encounters, including physical manifestations, visions, locutions, prophetic dreams, and […]
A Character Interview: Lenore Gay
Joss and Phil’s already rocky marriage is fragmented when Phil is injured in a devastating fire and diagnosed with Capgras delusion—a misidentification syndrome in which a person becomes convinced that a loved one has been replaced by an identical imposter. Faced with a husband who no longer recognizes her, Joss struggles to find motivation to […]
On Writing MATRIMONY, INC.: From Personal Ads to Swiping Right, a Story of America Looking for Love
I’ve always been interested in the history of the everyday. My first book was about the pineapple – yes, the pineapple! It may sound like a joke, but it was based upon my Cambridge University dissertation on the subject which revealed that the pineapple was one of the most potent status symbols of the eighteenth […]
Downton Abbey On Repeat
No one is allowed inside the veterinarian office due to state regulations during the pandemic. The parking lot is full. Car hatchbacks swung up to the sky, doors left open, a stray foot extended into a spot of late-afternoon sun. Because it’s hot many keep their doors closed, the cars running. We are waiting for […]
Inspiration For The Best Part Of Us
My first memory of reading amazing works of fiction was in junior year of high school. Mrs. Barnes started the semester with E.M. Forster’s A Passage to India, moved on to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, and ended with A Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce. Yikes. I’m sure I […]
My Writing Journey: Saz Vora
I’ve wanted to write this story for a long time, it will be twenty-eight years since it began. The prequel is part of the two novels in the University Series – Reena and Nikesh, Book One My Heart Sings Your Song was released in January of this year. It is a romance with references to […]
AUTHORS INTERVIEWING THEIR CHARACTERS: DANIELLE WONG INTERVIEWS AMELIA COLE
AUTHORS INTERVIEWING THEIR CHARACTERS: DANIELLE WONG SWEARING OFF STARS tells the story of Amelia Cole―Lia for short—one of the first women studying abroad at Oxford University in the 1920s. Finally free from her overbearing Brooklyn parents, she finds a welcome sense of independence in British college life. Lia quickly falls for Scarlett Daniels, an aspiring […]
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