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Not Too Precious: The Journey to Publishing My Debut Novel
By Sarah E. Pearshall The Long Road to “The Summer Knows” I am one of those oddballs who knew I wanted to be a writer at age seven. By the time I reached my MFA program at Florida International University, it was clear that I wasn’t a short story writer; every narrative I touched morphed […]
The Search for Anneke Jans by Sandra Freels
By Sandra Freels On May 21, 1630, in the port town of Texel not far from Amsterdam, a young woman cautiously made her way up the gangplank of the wooden sailing vessel De Eendracht. Her long, blond hair was gathered up into a bun and covered with a coif, as was the custom, and she […]
FAKE ART AND THE MYTH OF AUTHENTICATION
Sheila Sharpe Why does art forgery succeed so successfully and so often? This question has haunted me through years of studying this fascinating subject and throughout the writing of my novel⎯Artist, Lover, Forger, Thief. As I am a psychologist, an artist, and a life-long mystery/thriller addict, it’s not surprising that I’ve been drawn to art […]
A Late Start: Writing Your First Book after Retirement
By Mimi Wahlfeldt Once upon a time, I thought fifty was old. But the joke’s on Time. Life holds second chances, and some of them make you feel young again! After a long marketing career that meandered through higher education, job services support, commercial real estate, and senior housing, I was unceremoniously pushed into an […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Reyna Marder Gentin
JESSICA HARMON HAS STEPPED AWAY “Vivid, evocative, sensual prose . . . A rich, engrossing portrait of a mother and daughter fencing their way toward a truce.” –Kirkus Reviews “An aspiring writer, her larger-than-life poet mother, and the road trip that changes everything. I loved this story.” – Annabel Monaghan, NYT bestselling author of It’s […]
Nightbird: Narrative Therapy and the Radical Act of Re-Authoring a Life
By Shavaun Scott I did not set out to write my memoir Nightbird as a clinical exercise, nor did I write it simply to tell my story. I wrote it because, after decades of listening to other people make sense of their lives in my therapy office, I understood something deeply: healing happens when we […]
On Bees and Writing
By Linda Avellar I knew nothing about bees when I started writing this story. I’ve been an amateur gardener at my home in Connecticut for years and always had great respect for bees and the good they do as pollinators. I don’t run and scream when a bee buzzes my head as I’m pulling weeds. […]
The Whistle of Revenge – An Overview by KD Sherrinford
by KD Sherrinford After writing the first three books in my multi-award-winning Sherlock Holmes and Irene Adler Mystery Series, Song for Someone, Christmas at The Saporis and Meet Me in Milan, it was time to break away from my well-established formula. Those stories were historical mysteries with a romantic touch, but for my next novel, […]
The Voice That’s True to Only You
By Jordan Rosenfeld There’s a new voice growing louder and stronger every day, creeping into all of our lives like a toxic mold. It’s one you’ve probably encountered even if you don’t know it yet. It’s infiltrating everything around you, your apps, your commercials, your emails—especially your emails—from companies trying to sell you things and […]
How to Make Your Manuscript Shine
By Lorraine Zago Rosenthal As all writers know, publishing is a highly competitive business. Securing representation from a literary agent isn’t easy, and neither is landing a book deal with a small press or a large publisher. Although agents and editors expect to invest their time and effort into revising a fiction manuscript, they generally—and […]
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