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My Writing Journey by KD Sherrinford
KD Sherrinford- My writing journey. A voracious reader from an early age. I became fascinated by the works of Agatha Christie and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. I read the entire Sherlock Holmes Canon by the time I was 13. I was a shy, introverted child; always found in the library with my head in a […]
The Cafe at Beach End by RaeAnne Thayne, Exclusive Excerpt
We are delighted to feature this excerpt from RaeAnne’s novel THE CAFE AT BEACH END! THE CAFE AT BEACH END “[Thayne] engages the reader’s heart and emotions, inspiring hope and the belief that miracles are possible.” —Debbie Macomber, #1 New York Times bestselling author For fans of Debbie Macomber and Susan Wiggs, an emotional story of starting over and reclaiming […]
Facing The Blank Canvas: Have the Self Confidence to Tell Your Story
Facing The Blank Canvas: Have the Self Confidence to Tell Your Story In Henry James’ short story “The Madonna of the Future,” an older artist shows his visitor a blank canvas where the painting he has envisioned will one day materialize. “The elements are all here,” the artist says, pointing to his head. His excuse […]
Compassionate Caregiving and Writing By Suzanne Marriott
Compassionate Caregiving and Writing By Suzanne Marriott Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries, without them humanity cannot survive. Dalai Lama XIV I remember the moment I realized I was going to be my husband’s caregiver forever. I knew Michael had multiple sclerosis, and I knew this would be a progressive disease. Yet, knowing something […]
How Writing has led me on Unexpected Adventures
I was asked to describe how writing has led me on unexpected adventures. This is one of those stories. Writers tend to collect stories like we’re magpies. Sometimes we chase those stories, and sometimes we fall into them accidentally. Blogging was something I sort of fell into that, in turn, opened up a lot of […]
Writing The Butcher, the Embezzler, and the Fall Guy—A Family Memoir of Scandal and Greed in the Meat Industry
The genesis for my new book, The Butcher, the Embezzler, and the Fall Guy—A Family Memoir of Scandal and Greed in the Meat Industry came from listening to my father’s epic stories of his childhood in Austin, Minnesota. No snowstorm out there was less than five feet deep. The Cedar River which ran by his […]
How Self-Kindness Set My Creativity Free
How Self-Kindness Set My Creativity Free by Martha Engber I never knew the crippling burden of being unkind to myself until two years ago when I was 56. I’d just completed my forthcoming memoir, Bliss Road, about being the non-autistic daughter of an undiagnosed Autism Spectrum Disorder dad. I’d spent the previous eight years wading […]
The inspiration behind The Garden of Second Chances by Mona Alvarado Frazier
The inspiration behind The Garden of Second Chances by Mona Alvarado Frazier “Behind every incarcerated girl or woman, there is a story of trauma, abuse, or neglect that needs to be told.” A photo from early in my career, the 1980s, shows my caseload of teenage girls incarcerated in a youth correctional facility. I’m twenty-two […]
My Pathway to Self-Publishing by Marisa Jones
My Pathway to Self-Publishing by Marisa Jones It’s hard to believe I’m a published author. This week, my debut historical novel, A Dangerous Land, has been released to the world. What a surreal feeling. Something I never thought would come to pass. It certainly wasn’t an easy road to get here. For two years I […]
Reading With Rochelle Weinstein: May Round-Up
Hello Readers & Friends, Summer is officially here, and these are the books I’ve been reading as well as two that are going inside my beach bag. Do you have any plans to get away? We’re flying to NYC this Saturday to watch our son run his very first half marathon. Then we’re off to […]
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