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Authors Interviewing Characters: Julie Valerie
Julie Valerie, author of The Peculiar Fate of Holly Banks, interviews her character Holly! “Picking up where Valerie’s first novel, Holly Banks Full of Angst, left off, this will fit right in with loyal Kinsella readers, fans of Tom Perotta’s Mrs. Fletcher, and those who enjoyed the suburban intrigue of the Netflix show Dead to Me.” —Booklist “Valerie combines […]
Writing My Dad My Dog
Rosalynn Carter said it best: “There are only four kinds of people in the world: those who have been caregivers, those who are currently caregivers, those who will be caregivers, and those who will need caregivers. My Dad My Dog is about a daughter, Rachel Morgan, who moves her Alzheimer’s-afflicted dad from an assisted living facility (ALF) into the […]
Writing Challenges: Part III of III Discouragement as a Creativity Problem
Writing Challenges: Part III of III read part one HERE And part two HERE Discouragement. Yes. As a writer, you will inevitably encounter it — and in many different shades. There’s the gray of rejection, the gunmetal of disappointing book sales, the long shadow of thoughtless reviews, the steely cold of unfortunate timing, the utter […]
How Medium.com Has Helped Me Build My Author Platform
by Karen DeGroot Carter When I stumbled across Medium.com during a random Google search 10 months ago, I had no idea it would soon provide a new home for my writing and introduce me to thousands of other writers and potential new readers. I also didn’t know that by the end of the next 10 […]
Goodreads, A Hot Desert or Book-Loving Oasis?
Is Goodreads a vast, barren desert with no end or glass of water in sight? Or can we find a lush garden oasis of positive things on the all-book platform? Years ago, before I had a book published, I dove into Goodreads as a reader. Marking everything I’d ever read, rating books with golden stars, […]
Behind the Book: A FRENZY OF SPARKS
Kristin Fields A FRENZY OF SPARKS was inspired by a true family event: I have an uncle who overdosed before his eighteenth birthday. Even though he died years before I was born, it was too painful for my family to talk about. I didn’t know much about him, though I worried, growing up, that whatever […]
Life and Other Shortcomings: Excerpt
LIFE AND OTHER SHORTCOMINGS: EXCERPT Life and Other Shortcomings is a collection of linked short stories that takes the reader from New Orleans to New York City to Madrid, and from 1970 to the present day. The women in these twelve stories make a number of different choices: some work, others don’t; some stay married, some […]
Interview with Amy Jean
Amy Jean is a dreamer, a poet, mother, and writer sharing compelling stories. As a poet and writer, she has written numerous books. The Kingdom has Arrived: Foundations Volume 1, her debut memoir, is a compilation of poetry and prose that details her mystical and otherworldly encounters, including physical manifestations, visions, locutions, prophetic dreams, and […]
Inspiration Behind Heir To Malla
I was the girl who had her nose in a book throughout childhood. It all started with my grandmother’s stories. I spent a few weeks every summer at my grandparents, and she would regale me with stories during mealtimes. She was a remarkable storyteller and would weave a beautiful tapestry of mythological tales and mighty […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Carol Van Den Hende
If you like heart-wrenching romances and magnanimous heroes, then you’ll love this emotionally-charged story. For fans of Me Before You and Fault in Our Stars, Goodbye, Orchid (a winner of Pinnacle Book Award for multicultural fiction) asks… “What choice does a wounded hero have when loving his woman means breaking his own heart?” Thirty-two year-old Phoenix Walker is an […]
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