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On Story telling
Judy Pearson I am a story teller. As a kid, I wrote poems, songs, and short stories in a tree. Literally. I sat on a perfect branch in a great old maple in my parents’ backyard, pouring out my teenage angst. When I decided to write full time, the plan was to become the next […]
Interview with Sue Buyer and excerpt of ALL THINGS IN TIME
ALL THINGS IN TIME (Atmosphere Press, November 15, 2020) Before anyone cared, before Gloria Steinem and #metoo, ambitious women – a rare breed in the workplace of the 1950s and 60s – were forced to jump hurdles men didn’t face. Nina Silver and Betty Cooper, two of these trailblazers, had little in common and met […]
Everyday Mindfulness: Excerpt
Melissa Steginus is a productivity and wellness specialist and author of the new book, Everyday Mindfulness: 108 Simple Practices to Empower Yourself and Transform Your Life (October 25, 2020; $14.99). Her motto is that “your time and energy are your most precious resources” and—through her books, courses, workshops, and coaching services—she helps people structure their […]
LIFE AND OTHER SHORTCOMINGS: DINNER CONVERSATIONS
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 […]
My Long and Winding Road to Publication
It’s been a long and winding road from the time I first started journaling about the sudden death of my best friend’s twelve-year-old son, Brendan, until the day my novel, Winter of the Wolf, was published. “Long” equating to eighteen years, and “winding” because nothing about it was straight forward. At the time of Brendan’s […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Joy Jordan-Lake
“Crawdads meets the Crawleys…Threaded through with a meticulously researched, well-crafted mystery, this is historical fiction at its best.” —Fiona Davis, nationally bestselling author of The Lions of Fifth Avenue From the bestselling author of A Tangled Mercy comes an enthralling novel of secrets, a tumultuous war of ideas, and murder as classes collide in the shadow of Biltmore House. […]
Writing Pandemonium
The process of writing Pandemonium: a picture book for children 2–7 years By Gail Aldwin A few years ago, I began thinking about writing a children’s picture book. At the time I was delivering a module on writing for children to undergraduates at the University of South Wales. We were studying aspects of anthropomorphism […]
Excerpt of EDGE OF THE MAP by Johanna Garton
Voted a “must-read of 2020” by REI’s Uncommon Path Magazine, Johanna Garton’s Edge of the Map is the story of Christine Boskoff, one of the world’s top alpinists and a trailblazing record holder who overcame challenge after challenge… until she and her partner, renowned climber Charlie Fowler, disappeared. The story is equal parts climbing history, […]
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 […]
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