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Dutch by birth and serial emigrant, Barbara currently lives with her husband and daughter in a tiny village in Galicia, Spain, as basic and simple as can be. W Barbara's website.
Exploring the Haunted Cemeteries of Virginia: A Journey Through History, Folklore, and Ghost Stories
By Sharon Pajka Not all ghosts are meant to scare us. Some are simply trying to share a story. In my upcoming book, Haunted Virginia Cemeteries, releasing August 5, 2025, from The History Press, I take readers on a journey through more than fifty cemeteries across the Commonwealth of Virginia—places where the line between past and present feels […]
Not The Perfect Victim: Excerpt
NOT THE PERFECT VICTIM: A Memoir of Surviving Violence, a Late Autism Diagnosis, and the Fight for Justice by Anna Kahill From Silence to Strength A story of trauma, rage, and reclaiming the right to be heard. Not the Perfect Victim: A Memoir of Trauma, Truth, and Reclamation What happens when you’ve survived the unthinkable—but […]
Debuting at 40: The Case for the Late-Blooming Author
By Amy Rossi Here’s a confession. Somewhere in the quiet period after selling my book – edits turned in, waiting on the next round – I got too curious. I googled the title and found it mentioned in an article about debut book deals. What was interesting to me was how debut was used interchangeably […]
Mrs. Endicott’s Splendid Adventure by Rhys Bowen: EXCERPT
Blindsided by betrayal in pre-WWII England, a woman charts a daring new course in this captivating tale of resilience, friendship, and new love by the bestselling author of The Rose Arbor and The Venice Sketchbook. Surrey, England, 1938. After thirty devoted years of marriage, Ellie Endicott is blindsided by her husband’s appeal for divorce. It’s Ellie’s opportunity for […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Stacey Marshall
Interview between author, Stacey Marshall and her character, Captain Courage Captain Courage is the superhero principal at Blythe Elementary School in my new book, Captain Courage and the Fear-Squishing Shoes by Stacey Marshall, M.S., CCC-SLP. In this story, the captain swoops in to help a new student, Katie, who’s facing common challenges at school. Whether it’s presenting […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Jennifer Jabaley
WHAT’S YOURS IS MINE Determined daughters. Controlling mothers. There’s no such thing as friendly competition in a twisty novel of suspense about ambition, revenge, and unrealized dreams. Valerie Yarnell is a hardworking single mother who’d do anything for her daughter, Kate. Kate is a dancer with dreams of stardom, just like her talented best friend, […]
The Ballad of Speedball Baby: A Memoir by Ali Smith, EXCERPT
The Ballad of Speedball Baby is the thrilling, extremely funny, and heart-wrenchingly vulnerable story of Ali Smith—coming of age in ’90s New York—who commits to the messy, exhilarating life of a musician and must survive the slings and arrows society reserves for women who refuse to comply. As an only child reeling from the demolition of […]
Pivoting to Writing at 70
By Patricia Grayhall After a nearly forty-year career as a medical specialist, I retired with my partner to a beautiful log home on a mountaintop overlooking the Strait of Juan de Fuca that divides Washington and British Columbia. Then, at nearly 70 years old, when we were downsizing, I came across a stack of old […]
July: Reading With Rochelle Weinstein
Hello Readers & Friends, Another month flies by, and just when I think I have my TBR under control, BAM. Another Tuesday and another set of titles to replenish the pile. I read some fabulous books in July, and there was the obvious bingeworthy Netflix series which everyone is talking about: The Hunting Wives. As […]
Harvesting a Memoir
Muriel A. Murch The house is still. The family have flown to Los Angeles or Buenos Aires. My husband is in New York while I am here on the farm. We take turns reaching out to one another, I travel east more often than he comes west. We are as free to roam or stay […]
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