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The Soulmate Strategy: My Imperfect Plan to Conquer Heartbreak and Find True Love
The Soulmate Strategy: My Imperfect Plan to Conquer Heartbreak and Find True Love A soul-searching LGBTQ memoir about one woman’s attempt to plan her way to happily ever after—only to realize that healing, self-discovery, and love happen in their own time. Days after Corey’s breakup, a photo of her ex wrapped in the arms of […]
How I Found My Voice and Gained 130k followers
By Kerry Chaput A year ago, I cried. A lot. I’d racked up three hundred rejections over seven years, and my author dreams kept hitting wall after wall. I had written the best manuscript of my life, and you know what that led to? More rejections. At a writing retreat last spring, I had a […]
Writing Resilient Today
by Christine Walker This morning at our small town’s outdoor swimming pool here in Northern California, I think about resiliency. Last night’s mid-January temperature dropped into the 30s; at 9:00 AM, it’s 42 degrees. I arrive wearing a black terry cloth robe and fleece pants, which I pile on a chair with my towel, and […]
The Folk Tale that Wouldn’t Let Go
by Jane Ward A few years back, while browsing shelves at a used bookstore, I picked up a book of Welsh folk tales. One Moonlit Night written by T. Llew Jones and translated into English by Gillian Clarke is a child’s book, full of lovely illustrations among the simplified stories, perfectly written for the young […]
The Female Rogue: A Memoir of Living Fiercely
By Jacquelyn L. Jackson Yesterday morning, I awakened early, poured my coffee and scanned headlines on my phone (not a recommended way to start a day). I was drawn to yet another story of the release of Virginia Giuffre’s book, Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice. The title alone wore […]
A Case For Destiny
Cinda K. Swalley This is a story about destiny—how life led me down a road that inspired my book. It’s the prequel to my debut novel, The Golden Hearts Club. Was it possible that the journey and all the accidental occurrences were arranged in my path well before imagining I would, or could, write a […]
Small Writing Habits Can Equal Big Results
“How did you go about writing a novel?” I’ve been asked this question frequently since publishing my debut domestic thriller, Tread Lightly, in October at the age of fifty-five. Writing a book is a big undertaking, so I understand the curiosity. One simple answer is to cite the online courses and workshops, craft books, writers’ […]
I Picked the Best and Worst Time to Write a Book
When I first woke with the vision for this book, it felt like someone had slipped a film reel into my head and started the projector. I could see the places, hear the music that follows my main character when she time-travels through the woods, and feel the small, stubborn hope that kept knitting the […]
Seven Spooky Facts About Laura Clarke Walker, Author of Coldharbour
By Laura Clarke Walker Now that my first fantasy thriller, Coldharbour, has been published, people have begun to ask me how I come up with my ideas. After all, there are ghosts, demons, witches, and much more in my speculative fiction series. Well, I haven’t had to look too far for inspiration, because every day […]
On Writing Educated Out: How Rural Students Navigate Elite Colleges—And What It Costs Them
By Mara Casey Tieken I spent thirteen years working on Educated Out. That’s longer than my daughter has been alive. Longer than I’ve been married. Longer than my Subaru lasted. The book started with getting approval from my college’s Institutional Review Board—a very unexciting way to begin a book, but, because it was a research […]
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