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Authors Interviewing Characters: Michelle Major

Authors Interviewing Characters: Michelle Major

In Mistletoe Season  by Michelle Major,(The Carolina Girls book 2, out now), Angi Guilardi needs a man for Christmas—at least, according to her mother. What she really needs is to grow her fledgling catering business. Partnering with Magnolia’s Wildflower Inn holds promise, but when her mother falls ill, Angi’s pulled back to the responsibility of the family restaurant. While […]

October 26, 2021 | By | Reply More
Science Fiction World Building

Science Fiction World Building

Most creative writing projects require a certain amount of research. Science fiction as a genre, is probably further towards the top of the research tree than say a memoir, or young adult fiction, but of course every project is unique and an author’s methods—across any genre—might take a vigorous investigative approach.   But science fiction is […]

October 26, 2021 | By | 1 Reply More
Authors Interviewing Characters: Rektok Ross, author of Ski Weekend

Authors Interviewing Characters: Rektok Ross, author of Ski Weekend

Authors Interviewing Characters: Rektok Ross, author of Ski Weekend Rektok Ross is the pen name of Liani Kotcher, a trial attorney turned award-winning young adult author and book blogger. An avid reader since childhood, Liani writes exactly the kind of books she loves to escape into herself: exciting thrillers with strong female leads, swoonworthy love […]

October 26, 2021 | By | Reply More
Q&A With Justine Hardy: Author of DUST

Q&A With Justine Hardy: Author of DUST

DUST [October 26, 2021; Batik Press] by bestselling author and trauma therapist Justine Hardy takes readers on a journey for the search of a missing aid worker, diving into some of the true complexities of the aid and NGO world in the region of Pakistan bordering Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and China. We are delighted to feature this interview with Justine!  […]

October 25, 2021 | By | Reply More
Writing and Painting: Two Sides of the Same Coin?

Writing and Painting: Two Sides of the Same Coin?

It’s not really surprising that so many authors are also artists – the disciplines are two sides of the same coin. You can write a story in pictures and you can paint a picture with words. If you are blessed – or cursed – with a creative streak that creativity will out. I come from […]

October 24, 2021 | By | Reply More
Excerpt of Brassy Broad: How one Journalist Helped Pave the way to #MeToo

Excerpt of Brassy Broad: How one Journalist Helped Pave the way to #MeToo

This is an excerpt from the Prologue of my memoir, Brassy Broad: How one journalist helped pave the way to #MeToo, now available on Bookshop, Amazon and wherever books are sold. I wrote this memoir in part to understand why I, a woman from a comfortable middle-class background, became an investigative journalist who has repeatedly […]

October 24, 2021 | By | Reply More
A Tribute to the Inbetweens

A Tribute to the Inbetweens

A Tribute to the Inbetweens By Kerri Schlottman It looked like any other aging brownstone in the East Village with its chipped facade, weathered cement stairs and bars on the ground-floor windows. I’d walked past it hundreds of times and never imagined that it detained dozens of teens from the neighborhood. Inside, they piled on […]

October 22, 2021 | By | 1 Reply More
GOING AFTER INSPIRATION BY DEVELOPING CREATIVE MUSCLE 

GOING AFTER INSPIRATION BY DEVELOPING CREATIVE MUSCLE 

By M. M. DeLuca Writers are frequently asked where their ideas come from. Truth is, finding ideas is not a passive process. As novelist, Jack London said, “You can’t wait for inspiration, you have to go after it with a club.” And wielding a club requires muscle. Creative muscle. Regular workouts help to develop it. […]

October 21, 2021 | By | Reply More
Beth Kirschner: On Writing

Beth Kirschner: On Writing

There are certain places that have such a distinct personality, that they make an indelible impression that’s difficult to forget. Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula is one of those places. The diversity of the landscape, the challenges of the winter weather, and the uniqueness of those who call that place home all compelled me to write Copper […]

October 20, 2021 | By | 1 Reply More
Interview with Jenny Judson and Danielle Mahfood

Interview with Jenny Judson and Danielle Mahfood

The Last Season is a collaboration between Jenny Judson and Danielle Mahfood, who met in high school and shared a mutual love of historical fiction and romance novels. Instead of passing notes in class, Jenny and Danielle would write short excerpts from imaginary novels that featured themselves and their classmates as characters caught up in […]

October 19, 2021 | By | Reply More