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Five Things Grief Taught me about Writing

Five Things Grief Taught me about Writing

Five Things Grief Taught me about Writing When grief hits you, it brings along with it a plethora of emotions. Someone, a well-intentioned person, said to me the other day, “Grief goes away in some time. You should write a book on happiness.” I smiled, “I am glad you have theoretical knowledge, not the practical […]

March 19, 2024 | By | Reply More
Authors Interviewing Characters: María Alejandra Barrios Vélez

Authors Interviewing Characters: María Alejandra Barrios Vélez

The Waves Take You Home In this heartfelt story about how the places we run from hold the answers to our deepest challenges, the death of her grandmother brings a young woman home, where she must face the past in order to become the heir of not just the family restaurant, but her own destiny. […]

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On Writing Rhythm and Clues

On Writing Rhythm and Clues

Texas is a place of extreme weather. Long, months-long dry spells are broken by torrential thunderstorms and heavy flooding. These terrifying yet exhilarating, life-threatening yet life-saving storms were a big inspiration behind Rhythm and Clues (The rhythm is gonna get you March 26, 2024 from St Martin’s Press). As a recovering ex-Texan myself, one of […]

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Alysson Interviews Alycat

Alysson Interviews Alycat

Alycat and the Sunday Scaries “Bourque’s entertaining and captivating story brilliantly showcases the importance of having supportive friends who encourage and uplift each other through life’s ups and downs. Their teamwork, kindness, and positive attitudes are not only admirable but also inspiring.” — The Children’s Book Review It’s Sunday, the day before the school week […]

March 18, 2024 | By | Reply More
Embracing Magic By Jennifer Moorman

Embracing Magic By Jennifer Moorman

Embracing Magic  By Jennifer Moorman Magic has long been used in fictional stories, often as a plot device to move the characters from here to there, to solve problems that are otherwise unsolvable, and to explain why and how events unfold in a particular story. Often magic is used in a way that’s not defined, […]

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Compiling Aranyani: An Indian Ecowomen Poetry Book by Editor Sonali Sharma

Compiling Aranyani: An Indian Ecowomen Poetry Book by Editor Sonali Sharma

Compiling Aranyani: An Indian Ecowomen Poetry Book by Editor Sonali Sharma The northern mountainous state of Uttarakhand in India is quite famous for its environmental movements and leadership. The well-known Chipko Movement, in which women of the Garhwal Himalayas played a major role in saving the forests from being cut by the woodcutters, is a […]

March 16, 2024 | By | Reply More
Beware the Tall Grass: A Mother’s Love, A Soldier’s Courage, A Writer’s Journey 

Beware the Tall Grass: A Mother’s Love, A Soldier’s Courage, A Writer’s Journey 

Beware the Tall Grass: A Mother’s Love, A Soldier’s Courage, A Writer’s Journey  I’ll never forget where I was when I got the idea for my debut novel Beware the Tall Grass. I was in the car with my husband on the kind of long road trip that takes you away from all your distractions […]

March 15, 2024 | By | Reply More
Authors Interviewing Characters: Diane Josefowicz

Authors Interviewing Characters: Diane Josefowicz

L’AIR DU TEMPS (1985) In 1985, the shooting of Mr. Marfeo disrupts the quiet suburban neighborhood of Maple Bay and prompts thirteen-year-old Zinnia Zompa to reorganize everything she knows about her parents―their preoccupations, obsessions, and above all, their battles with each other. As her understanding of the world grows, Zinnia sees how the violence she […]

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Chapter excerpt from Just Another Epic Love Poem by Parisa Akhbari

Chapter excerpt from Just Another Epic Love Poem by Parisa Akhbari

Just Another Epic Love Poem Best friendship blossoms into something more in this gorgeously written queer literary romance. For the past five years, Mitra Esfahani has known two constants: her best friend Bea Ortega and The Book—a dogeared notebook in which she and Bea have been exchanging poems since they were thirteen. The rules of […]

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Excerpt: The Wedding Party by L. R. Jones

Excerpt: The Wedding Party by L. R. Jones

For a bride-to-be and her fiancé, secrets and lies make this a killer celebration in this psychological suspense. Carrie and Oliver. A couple completely in love and the hosts of a wedding to remember at Colorado’s legendary Stanley Hotel. This is Carrie’s fairy tale come true. Her fiancé, Oliver, is Mr. Tall, Dark, and Handsome; […]

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