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No Small Wins
Many of my writer friends have celebrated wins lately, and it’s gotten under my skin. Because they’re not. Celebrating, that is. Without exception, on learning of said wins I’ve barely enunciated the C in CONGRATS! and already they’re downplaying it. Dismissing it as insignificant, not even news at all, really. Drowning their victory in BUTS and JUSTS. My short story was […]
When Talking’s Tough: The Magic of the Mother/Daughter Book Club
By Mima Tipper When I began writing Kat’s Greek Summer, I had a clear view of basing the story loosely on summers I spent in Greece as a young teen, and that the book would be saturated with sun-soaked locales and colorful Greeks. What I didn’t know is that my main character Kat, a 14 […]
Irma Venter, author of Red Tide, on Women Characters in Crime Novels
Irma Venter, author of Red Tide, on Women Characters in Crime Novels What does a strong female character in a crime novel look like? This question has intrigued me since I was a teenager scouring the library for my next read. Often the female characters were one of two things – the (often passing) love […]
If Tomorrow Never Comes by Allison Ashley: Excerpt
IF TOMORROW NEVER COMES Fate connects two people in life-changing ways in a deeply romantic and emotional novel about hope and second chances by the author of Would You Rather and The Roommate Pact. Uncertain of what tomorrow brings, Elliott Holland decides to live it up―on the eve of a stem cell transplant to treat her leukemia. It’s […]
Celebrating Grandparents, Old and New
By Meera Ekkanath Klein “Being a mother is the most important job in the world, but being a grandmother is the most fun!” (Anonymous) I have many fond memories of my granny, Muthi, as she was called. She was a born storyteller and accomplished raconteur. She took my sister and me everywhere, including the local […]
Little Great Island by Kate Woodworth: Excerpt
We’re delighted to feature this excerpt from Kate Woodworth’s LITTLE GREAT ISLAND! LITTLE GREAT ISLAND On Little Great Island, climate change is disrupting both life and love After offending the powerful pastor of a cult, Mari McGavin has to flee with her six-year-old son. With no money and no place else to go, she returns […]
Keeping Promises to Ourselves and Getting to the Finish Line—- and Beyond
By Lynne Shaner I started writing what would become my debut novel more than ten years ago. The first draft was messy and awful and all over the place, in the way firsts drafts are (mine, anyway). I printed it out it and boxed it up and lugged it halfway across the country. I tucked […]
Never Date a Broke Dude: The Financial Freedom Playbook : Excerpt
We are delighted to feature and excerpt from Never Date a Broke Dude: The Financial Freedom Playbook by Pattie Ehsaei! Never Date a Broke Dude: The Financial Freedom Playbook The definitive playbook for navigating love and money to secure your financial freedom forever—from licensed attorney, finance expert, and TikTok powerhouse Pattie Ehsaei. Never Date a […]
The Mother Self: Poems by Talia Gutin
We’re delighted to share this poem from THE MOTHER SELF by Talia Gutin! — A PROMISE May I open to your smile always, anywhere— May it press against my chest, carry me into delight And that indelible ache of love. Today, two small teeth encircled by tender gums. How will it look When you are […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Susan Sizer Bogue
DEEP TIME For adventurous fiction lovers, this debut novel tells the story of a young geologist working with ancient rocks who finds herself in present mortal danger when Mount St. Helens erupts with catastrophic power. After an inspiring trip to the Grand Canyon, Lauren Brown falls in love with geology—so much so that she convinces […]
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