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My Brush with Mortality—3 Realizations that Inspired my Novel
My Brush with Mortality—3 Realizations that Inspired my Novel During the pandemic, a series of poor health reports resulted in three surgeries (two planned and one life-saving emergency surgery that led to a nine-day recovery stint in the hospital). Nothing makes you reevaluate your life like facing your mortality. Alone at night in that hospital […]
An Interview with Rosanna Patruno
Debut new adult author Rosanna Patruno’s first book in her enchanting new series, “The Hidden Heir” (March 14, 2023), which includes a mysterious, handsome aristocrat and forgotten family secrets. Perfect for adults who crave magical tuition stories (not written by J.K. Rowling) with a sexy twist, Patruno invites readers into the first of many stories […]
Yoga, Writing and The Liberation of Autism
Yoga, Writing and The Liberation of Autism Julia Lee Barclay-Morton In contemplating how to write about yoga and how it supports my writing process, I can’t help but see how yoga helped me function for decades as someone who did not know until age 57 that she was autistic with a side order of dyspraxia […]
Writing Mature Female Characters – Let Grandma Be Cool!
I write contemporary romance, but this particular pet peeve applies across all genres. Fictional grandmothers (or women old enough to be grandmothers) are stuck in a time trap. Stuck in Mayberry, if you will, where grandmas wore gingham aprons and always had a batch of their famous chocolate chip cookies coming out of the oven. […]
Interview with Maggie Humm
Interview with Maggie Humm, author of Talland House Talland House takes Lily Briscoe the artist character from the confines of Virginia Woolf’s To the Lighthouse. Set between 1900 and 1919 in picturesque Cornwall and war-blasted London, the novel tells Lily’s emotional journey in becoming a professional artist: her love-life, mourning her dead mother, as a […]
Seven Essential Writing Exercises
Rich Characters and Dialogues that Drive the Story: 7 Practical Exercises to Avoid Falling Flat By Chrystyna Lucyk-Berger I will never forget sitting in that room full of grad students in a creative writing class at the University of Minnesota, My short story was coming up for critique. Here was the problem: I was a […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Angela Barton
Angela Barton interviews her character Arlette Blaise, the main character of her novel ARLETTE’S STORY. Arlette’s story takes place in the French village of Oradour-sur-Glane during WWII. The SS Panzer Division Das Reich, destroyed it during WWII and today it is preserved In a Ruined State. (find out more here) About Arlette’s Story: One woman’s struggle […]
Living the Reality, Adjusting the Dream By Mary Keliikoa
When I was young, I dreamt of a big wedding. Long white dress. Cascading bouquet of white flowers. A church full of my closest friends and family, and of course saying I do to my best friend and soulmate. I had it all planned out. The reality was when I did fall in love with […]
How I Became the Assh*le Mom by Kara Kinney Cartwright
I recently published book for teenage boys entitled, “Just Don’t Be An Assh*le: A Surprisingly Necessary Guide to Being a Good Guy.” I’m not saying I’m Miss Manners, but if we’d ever met at a party, and you had asked yourself afterward: Which of these people is most likely to write a book with a […]
When A Story Just Won’t Let Go Of You
Or how I claimed a place for a story no one thought would ever sell I’m not entirely certain where the stories I write come from. I know they’re often inspired by research I’ve done long ago or more recently—something I’ve read, a historical figure I’ve never known about, a chance encounter with an image […]
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