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Why Are We Afraid To Talk About Death?
Death is a constant presence, an inherent part of life, a fact of humanity. Yet in much of western culture, we pretend this isn’t the case. We are afraid to talk about death, or acknowledge it in any way. We avert our eyes, lower our voices, and avoid bringing up our own or others’ losses, […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Jude Berman
THE VOW In a stunning work of feminist historical fiction for readers who loved Dawn Tripp’s Georgia and Whitney Scharer’s The Age of Light, Jude Berman brings painter Angelica Kauffman to life. Accused of dressing as a boy to study in the prestigious galleries of eighteenth-century Italy, child prodigy Angelica Kauffman has set high goals for herself. She […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Susan E. Sage
SILVER LADY: TRAVELS ALONG THE RIVER ROAD Character interview: Cassie in Silver Lady by Susan E. Sage Cassie Navrone is the main character in my recently published novel, Silver Lady: Travels Along the River Road. The year is 2033. A new pandemic (The Strangler Virus) has left many dead and the USA is about to […]
Reading With Rochelle Weinstein: February
Hello Reeders & Friends, I’m shouting this month’s reads from the rooftop because it just so happens that my latest WE ARE MADE OF STARS is on the list! Welcome to the world eighth book baby. I hope you’ll all check it out, plus these great reads from my Lake Union imprint sisters, a FREE […]
SMART TALK 101: HOW TO MAKE YOUR CHARACTERS BETTER CONVERSATIONALISTS
By Christina Hamlett For as many conversations as we chatter in or listen to every day, capturing that same rhythm and realism in a project for page, stage or screen is no small challenge. Too often the result is characters who (1) all talk in exactly the same voice, (2) talk more formally/rigidly/eloquently than normal […]
An Ode to Women Writers of Women’s Stories: Celebrating Women’s History Month through Historical Fiction by Janis Robinson Daly
Will the following authors please stand up: Marie Benedict, Jude Berman, Teri M. Brown, Denny S. Bryce, Diana R. Chambers, Janet Skeslien Charles, Stephanie Dray, Joan Ferndanez, Jill George, Nicola Griffith, Kristen Hannah, Penny Haw, Carole Hopson, Piper Huguley, Martha Hall Kelly, Eliza Knight, Judith Lindbergh, N.J. Mastro, Paula McLain, Heather B. Moore, Victoria Christopher […]
The Birth of a Thriller
By Iris Glazner Leigh There is no magic to writing a book. I can safely say that, as it took me eleven years of editing, rewriting, and sifting through rejections from publishers and agents to bring Liza’s Secrets from inception to publication. Throughout that process I remained determined to tell the story, a cautionary tale […]
Gavin O’Malley DiMasi, Main Character in the First Book of the DiMasi Family Trilogy, Insisted on Interviewing the Author, Leslie Kain
By Leslie Kain GOD: Leslie, what inspired you to write your first book, ‘Secrets In The Mirror’? LK: I know someone whose two daughters were very close during childhood, then became estranged when the older one began manipulating and gaslighting the younger one in their early adulthood, asserting her superiority and the younger one’s inferiority. […]
The Secretary – Behind the Book by Deborah Lawrenson
This is the most personal book I have yet written. Perhaps it might go some way to explaining the recurrent theme of secrets and covert operations in several of my previous novels. The Secretary is based on the diary my late mother Joy wrote in Moscow in 1958, a tiny book measuring eight centimetres by […]
What if Orchids Grew From Your Belly Button: Katy Wimhurst
What if Orchids Grew From Your Belly Button: Katy Wimhurst What if orchids grew from your belly button? What if your hair was replaced by a lucious plant? What if you could suck up everything you hated in the world with a hoover? What if, in a world of scarcity, chocolate was outlawed? My new […]
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