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Dutch by birth and serial emigrant, Barbara currently lives with her husband and daughter in a tiny village in Galicia, Spain, as basic and simple as can be. W Barbara's website.
Why I Wrote Closer To Ok
I have two scars on my forearm, nearly invisible where I pressed a knife to the skin, just hard enough to draw blood and not do any real damage. I couldn’t go through with adding pressure to the cuts. The protagonist in my novel, Kyle, does go through with it, though, and lands in a […]
A Twist of Fate By Karen Rose Smith
When I was in my thirties, I thought I knew what my life would be. I was married with a son. I thought I’d be teaching or act as a lay editor for a school district until I retired. But… Life’s journey is made up of twists and turns I’d only begun to realize. I’d […]
The Forgotten Women Who Inspired THE THREE LIVES OF ALIX ST PIERRE
New York Times and USA Today best-selling author of The Paris Seamstress , The Paris Orphan and The Paris Secret , Natasha Lester offers us a fascinating tale of another daring woman in THE THREE LIVES OF ALIX ST. PIERRE ( Grand Central/Forever; January 10, 2023 ). An orphan turned WWII spy turned fashion icon […]
ONLY WITNESS
Years ago, my husband and I attended a high school cross country meet in the middle of a heat wave. There wasn’t a single tree on the racecourse, so for just over three miles the athletes ran without cover from the sun. Many crossed the finish line and collapsed, delirious with heat stroke. My husband, […]
Are You Making Less Money with Your Writing at the Moment? You’re Not Alone
Not long ago, I got my twice-yearly royalty check from my indie publisher. I had looked forward to being wowed by the amount since my book had become a TV movie on Lifetime. “Can’t wait to see how the sales increase,” said everyone in the periphery who gave my own hopes a voice. […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Jen Comfort
Jen Comfort’s MIDNIGHT DUET (Montlake; 1/10/23), an electric, sexy retelling of The Phantom of the Opera, should be on your reading list! And yes, Jen did create a companion Spotify playlist. In MIDNIGHT DUET, diva Erika Greene has it all: a starring role on Broadway, legions of fans, spectacular natural talent. But when an accident drops curtains on her career, she retreats to Paris, Nevada, […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Fran Hawthorne
FRAN HAWTHORNE interviews MIRANDA ISAACS from her novel I MEANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE BOOK: When Miranda Isaacs’s fiancé, Russ Steinmann, is being vetted for his dream job in the U.S. attorney’s office, the couple joke about whether Miranda’s parents’ history as antiwar activists in the Sixties might jeopardize Russ’s security clearance. But as […]
How Heritage Emerges in My Fiction
By Carol Van Den Hende How autobiographical is your fiction? I often get this question from readers! The answer isn’t straightforward. As with most writers, my characters and conflicts come from a combination of observation, imagination and personal experience. In the case of my main protagonist Orchid Paige, however, we do share an Asian ancestry. […]
On Writing Snapshots of My Father, John Silber : Finding a Vector Into an Immense Life Story
On Writing Snapshots of My Father, John Silber : Finding a Vector Into an Immense Life Story By Rachel Silber Devlin How can I write a biography of the man, John Silber, who was larger than life—who was on the planning committee for the commission that created Head Start; who rescued Boston University when it […]
My Inspiration for Dr. Mallory Hayes in Particles in the Air
My Inspiration for Dr. Mallory Hayes in Particles in the Air I drew from many of my own personal experiences– particularly my experiences in medicine– in the formation of Mallory, the lead character in my new medical thriller, Particles in the Air. As is the case in many fields, medicine remains firmly male-dominated. It is […]
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