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Why I Write Mysteries: A Dance of Shadows and Laughter
By Wendy Gee Writing mysteries is not just a subjective genre choice for writers like me; it’s a calling (much like how cats are irresistibly drawn to knocking things off tables). The allure of the unknown, the thrill of piecing together clues, and the satisfaction of unveiling hidden truths simply captivate my imagination in ways […]
The Inspiration for Writing ‘The Sure Thing’
By Elana Auerbach Flushed and satisfied, I swung my legs off the bed, slowly stood up, and took a couple of steps. I stopped suddenly and turned toward Bill, still lounging in bed. “This is so miraculous, I think I’m going to have to write a book about it,” I said, awestruck. “Yep, I think […]
Toni Shiloh: On Writing
You know that excitement you get when you’ve just purchased a brand-new book? When you finally have a moment to yourself and you open the pages of a read from your favorite author? That perfectly sums up my childhood and feelings toward books. I grew up reading as much as I could and read series […]
The Writing Process for Forbidden Orphanage Outside the Forbidden City
Forbidden Orphanage Outside the Forbidden City Laura Richards was a shy American nurse who moved to a remote North China village in 1929 to take in castaway babies. Through 22 years of famines, bandit invasions and wars, she lived in the same poor conditions as the Chinese peasants, while managing to save the lives of […]
Second-Chance Stories
by Lindsey Goldstein I became a reader at the age of four. Books accompanied me everywhere—to the dinner table, into the bath, to my bed with a flashlight under the covers, and in the car when I accompanied my mother on her many errands. But I never considered myself a writer. In college, I willed […]
February Recommended Reads
BIANCA’S CURE, Gigi Berardi For fans of Lessons in Chemistry, a based-in-fact novel imagining young Renaissance noblewoman Bianca Capello’s experiences as she pursues a cure for malaria in the Medicis’ Florence. Florence, 1563. Forbidden from practicing her herbal cures in Venice, the young noblewoman Bianca Capello flees to Florence, where the ruling Medici family practices alchemy. There, […]
My Journey into the Sphere of Memoir
By Jane Little Botkin I picked up my nine-year-old grandson from school recently. After throwing his backpack onto the car’s floorboard while climbing into the seat simultaneously, he sighed. My cue. “How was school today?” Cam gave me a side glance. “I’m writing the story of my life, and it’s so hard.” “Why is it […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Emma Tourtelot
No One You Know by Emma Tourtelot (She Writes Press, January 2026) is a dual-narrative mother-daughter story about a family unraveling in the wake of a huge tragedy in a small town. Kirkus Reviews calls it, “An emotionally honest and captivating story about grief, family, and the stories we tell in this digital age.” NO […]
But What Will People Think? On Publishing Memoir by Betsy Vereckey
By Betsy Vereckey I was putting the finishing touches on a last round of edits for my memoir when I got a text from my ex-husband—Could he read the chapters he appeared in? If I could summarize everything about the publishing process in three words, it would be this: Expect the unexpected. His text actually […]
Vintage Writers by Kim Gottlieb-Walker
by Kim Gottlieb-Walker After fifty-plus-years working as a counterculture, rock, and movie set photographer, I reinvented myself as a novelist and released Lenswoman in Love – a novel of the 1960s & ‘70s in 2025 at age 78 – a reimagining my early career as a romance. And to my surprise, I discovered that I am […]
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