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SMALL WONDERS A FIELD GUIDE TO LIFE’S QUIET JOYS By Jennifer Shoop: Excerpt
Small Wonders: A Field Guide to Life’s Quiet Joys Find happiness and comfort in life’s everyday moments with this insightful visual volume of prose and poetry. In our busy and stress-filled world, it’s easy to miss the smaller moments that can provide happiness and fulfilment. Small Wonders is your invitation to slow down and savor the minor […]
On Writing Sweet Queens
Sweet Queens invites readers to traverse the poignant memories and layered narratives that define a life shaped by this borough. Each poem is a pulse—a moment in time filled with vivid imagery and lyrical honesty that draws on the rich tapestry of the borough’s culture, from subway rides to summer nights, and the stories of those […]
Holding Both: Grieving Your Losses While the World Grieves Too
By Shelby Forsythia At least once a month, it happens. I’m sitting with a group of grieving people during one of my weekly support calls, speaking into the mic while messages begin to appear in the chat. Someone types what many others are feeling but haven’t found the words to say: “I don’t know how […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Mary Kendall
The Redux of Sam Murdoch Sam Murdoch fractured his life into bits and is in dire need of a redux. While stuck in a midlife meltdown with a broken marriage, angry offspring and a crumbling career, Sam stumbles upon a long-buried family secret: the grandfather he idolized once shot a man. Desperate for an escape […]
Befriending Betsy Excerpt
For readers who loved Marley & Me, a poignant memoir about cats, dogs, and what it means to forge a friendship—in life and in death—with a person you can never meet. Betsy Pauly died five years before Jen Braaksma knew she had even lived. Betsy was an artist and writer hailing from Minnesota, Texas, Missouri, and […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Susan Breen
Merry A mother’s valiant efforts to bring her family the joy of Christmas go haywire when she finds herself haunted by the angry ghost of Charles Dickens. Merry Bingham used to love Christmas—until she started worrying all the time about family, money and death. The only thing that continues to bring her joy is reading […]
Paulette Kennedy: Authors Interviewing Characters
The Life and Loves of an American Artist: An Interview with Marguerite Thorne By Paulette Kennedy, author of THE ARTIST OF BLACKBERRY GRANGE (Lake Union; May 1, 2025) The Artist of Blackberry Grange: A Novel For a young caregiver in the Ozarks, an old house holds haunting memories in a ghostly novel about family secrets, sacrifice, […]
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 […]
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