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Nancy Drew’s Newest Case: Not Just a Homemaker
By Paulette Brooks When I was in junior high, I had a girlfriend who owned the entire collection of the Nancy Drew Mystery series. Once a week we would hang out at her house after school and I would take home the next treasure, returning that book in seven days. Our fun ritual petered out […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Shelby Saville
And They Had a Great Fall is a love story about a secret relationship between a single mother and a rising celebrity. Their romance started during the pandemic, a time when the entire world stopped. This unlikely pair reunite a year later in Copenhagen, after the world has reopened. What happens when they have to […]
Drawn to the Story: Researching and Writing About Macbeth
By Valerie Nieman The true story of the Macbeths has haunted me for many years, through the writing and publishing of several other books, before Upon the Corner of the Moon became reality. The infamous, murdering Macbeth first became part of my life when I found Tales from Shakespeare at home. Charles and Mary Lamb […]
What was the Inspiration for the Novel The Serpent Bearer?
Jane Rosenthal The inspiration for my novel The Serpent Bearer came from my own life, from the people I grew up around and the place of my childhood— the south, the Piedmont area of North Carolina, to be exact, right on the South Carolina border. That landscape—the red clay, the verdant green, rolling hills, the […]
The Common Wages by Helen Winslow Black
By Helen Winslow Black I’m often asked how I go about writing the scenes in my books that are super tough. The ones that depict domestic violence, or navigate the emotional impact of discovering lies or secrets in a marriage. The answer is: With great delicacy. No matter what kind of situations I create, there […]
How I Used Hate Mail to Propel My Book Forward by Amanda Ann Greogry, LCPC
How I Used Hate Mail to Propel My Book Forward by Amanda Ann Greogry, LCPC “Take your psychobabble elsewhere. This is a Christian Nation, and in this country, we forgive.” “You’re an idiot. The Bible clearly says that EVERYONE needs to forgive. Read Matthew 6:14-15.” These were a few of the many hate emails I […]
The Two Worlds of Being an Author by Susan Keller
By Susan Keller I wrote my second book, Mostly Sober: A Love Story and a Road Trip for the thirty-four percent of Americans who drink every night and worry about it. “Mommy wine” is a very real concern. My hope is that Mostly Sober will captivate, educate, and motivate the hundreds of thousands of readers […]
Location, Location, Location by Suzanne Trauth
by Suzanne Trauth When I think of some of my favorite authors, I immediately am reminded of the locations of the stories: the charming town of Three Pines in Canadian author Louise Penny’s Armand Gamache mysteries; gritty Chicago in Tracy Clark’s Harriet Foster novels; and, since I am a New Jersey native, the “Burg” in […]
Adverbial Phrases ARE Adverbs Too
By Kathy Steinemann, author of The Writers Lexicon series Adverbs Are Disparaged by Many Editors and Writing Pundits In On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, Stephen King says: “I believe the road to hell is paved with adverbs, and I will shout it from the rooftops. To put it another way, they’re like dandelions. […]
My Husband’s Child by Alison Ragsdale: Excerpt
My Husband’s Child When I find a little girl standing on my doorstep, I don’t know what to do. But as I take her small hand in mine, she whispers words that will change my life. ‘Mummy said you’d look after me.’ Ever since her husband left her for another woman, Cora has been trying to put […]
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