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Ellen Alpsten interviews Gytha Godwinson from THE LAST PRINCESS: DAUGHTER OF THE HOUSE OF DRAGONS
The Last Princess: Daughter of the House of Dragons. Young and beautiful Gytha Godwinson is the envy of England when her father Harold seizes the country’s crown in early 1066. But soon, treachery tears her house apart, and triumph turns to terror. An evil star appears, heralding the end of an era and a new […]
Running Wild: The Origins of a Groundbreaking Publisher
As the powerhouse founder of Running Wild Press, Lisa Diane Kastner has been featured in Forbes and has claimed a spot on multiple “Best of” lists. In her acquisition editorial endeavors, she has identified talent like Jamie Ford (Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet) and Tori Eldridge (Dance Among the Flames) among many […]
CHRISTMAS AT REEDY FALLS by Elizabeth Sumner Wafler: Excerpt
We are delighted to feature this excerpt from Christmas At Reedy Falls by Elizabeth Sumner Wafler! CHRISTMAS AT REEDY FALLS Perfect for fans of A Winter in New York by Josie Silver and Always in December by Emily Stone, Christmas at Reedy Falls is an opposites-attract, wholesome Christmas romance that will leave readers believing in the magic of the holiday—and […]
From Daydreams to Reality
By Andrée Jannette It started with a persistent tremor. My right hand, my dominant hand, that I used for everything, I could no longer use for anything. I lost my ability to write out my name. I couldn’t hold a pen or brush. I saw a number of doctors to try and figure out what […]
The Reluctant Pioneer: Inspired by a True Story
By Julie McDonald Zander More than a dozen years ago, wandering through the Lewis County Historical Museum in Washington State, I read a small placard about a pioneer mother of four who crossed the Oregon Trail in 1847 and suffered a sudden tragedy. What did this mother of young children do, thousands of miles from […]
Putting Down the Self-Care Potato Chips and Reaching for Something that Satisfies
“Amber, you seem like someone who knows how to use your voice. You just don’t know how to be heard.” This sentence, spoken by my therapist, stopped me in my tracks. I was thirty years old and had devoted my life to speaking. I was a Speech and Debate Champion in high school. I’d traveled […]
The Path Beneath Her Feet by Janis Robinson Daly: Excerpt
THE PATH BENEATH HER FEET “Meticulously researched and beautifully written. The story of a life well lived.” –KATHLEEN GRISSOM, NY Times Bestselling author of The Kitchen House Steeped in rich historical detail, Dr. Eliza Edwards, the ingénue student in The Unlocked Path, becomes the mature mentor, steadfast in her calling to effect social change by addressing women’s health […]
Transitioning from Writer to Editor: What Gives You the Right?
By Lisa Diane Kastner As the powerhouse founder of Running Wild Press, Lisa Diane Kastner has been featured in Forbes and has claimed a spot on multiple “Best of” lists. In her acquisition editorial endeavors, she has identified talent like Jamie Ford (Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet) and Tori Eldridge (Dance Among […]
From Architecture to Thrillers: The Surprising Links between Academic Writing and Commercial Fiction
By Mailan Doquang I’m an architectural historian by training. I’ve spent my career researching, writing about, and teaching the history of medieval French architecture, of buildings like Notre-Dame of Paris. In 2018, nearly a decade after completing my doctoral degree, I published The Lithic Garden: Nature and the Transformation of the Medieval Church (Oxford University […]
A Midlife Writer’s Journey: From Crisis to Clarity
By Carolyn McBride The winter of my life came in January 2021. Although I lived in the endless summer of sunny Florida, we were well into the pandemic by then, what seemed like an endless lockdown, and I was working from home in a bedroom right above my then-husband’s office. My department manager pulled me […]
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