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Melanie Dickerson: On Writing
Writing novels is less a job than an exercise in perseverance. Don’t get me wrong, it is a job—for me at least. But unlike other occupations, no one is telling you exactly what to do or when to do it. There is a great deal of self-motivation involved, of not giving up when the inevitable […]
On Witnessing a Natural Phenomenon and Calling Myself a Writer
On Witnessing a Natural Phenomenon and Calling Myself a Writer I grew up in Mobile, Alabama, where during the summers my family swam in Mobile Bay’s latte-colored water. The bay and its watershed, now referred to by some as “North America’s Amazon,” was to me as a child as fraught with dangers as the actual […]
A Long Road to Publication for Jane Cawthorne’s Patterson House
A Long Road to Publication for Jane Cawthorne’s Patterson House The road to publication for Patterson House, my first novel, has been rocky. What is It about this story that drove me forward for the better part of two decades and through so many obstacles? I think it was the main characters. In Patterson House, […]
Amy Clipston: Writing Tips
Writing Tips By Amy Clipston People often ask me, “How do you work a full-time job and write books?” Since my mother raised me to have manners, I resist the urge to roll my eyes and instead sweetly reply with, “I just make it work.” Unlike many authors, I work full-time for a local government […]
On Writing Getting Me Cheap: How Low-Wage Work Traps Women and Girls in Poverty
I first became interested in the concept of work-family conflict as a college student. I knew I wanted to have a career and a family, and I was introduced to feminist scholarship analyzing the impact of the care burden on women. Feminist economists highlight the ways in which responsibility for care work at home disadvantages […]
Back to the beginning by Heloisa Prieto
Back to the beginning Heloisa Prieto Snow is silent. I was so used to the strong sounds of large tropical raindrops that I was caught by surprise when I first noticed the silent, snowflakes spreading around the family car. The year was 1971, I was 16 years old and had just arrived in Constantine, Michigan, […]
A Publishing Journey: 10 Years, 3 Agents, 7 Manuscripts
A Publishing Journey: 10 Years, 3 Agents, 7 Manuscripts By Cara Reinard A while back, authors were asked on Twitter to share the arduous process of becoming traditionally published with three numbers: years, agents, and manuscripts. There aren’t any authors I can recall who had “ones” across the board, and there’s a reason for that. […]
On The Importance of Storytelling
By Melissa Payne Our stories are important and sharing who we are, where we come from, how we grew up is part of getting to know one another. Learning someone’s story helps us to understand, empathize and sometimes, do something to help others. When I wrote letters to raise money for children who had been […]
How the ‘Ripple of Awakening’ came to being by Ann-Marie Marchant
How the ‘Ripple of Awakening’ came to being by Ann-Marie Marchant The Ripple of Awakening was the book I craved when my life was being dismantled from all that I knew and perceived as ‘normal’. I was facing a divorce, which was excruciatingly painful, on the threshold of my spiritual awakening (SA) and to top […]
The Inspiration for Simply Be More
The Inspiration For Simply Be More Overnight in March 2020, all my work as a headline flautist was cancelled. For the first time in my entire career, my diary, normally packed full of wonderful concerts was completely clear. I knew this was a reset button. I could just sense that the world would never be […]
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