Category: On Writing
THE SWEET PAIN OF BEING ALIVE BY Ann Anderson Evans
THE SWEET PAIN OF BEING ALIVE BY Ann Anderson Evans THE SWEET PAIN OF BEING ALIVE is a memoir chronicling the fourteen happiest years of my life, my marriage to Terry. Our marriage ended with his suicide and to find out why this happened, I scanned our relationship and wrote about what I discovered. A […]
The Guinea Pig Club
The Guinea Pig Club The Fever Box is a psychological thriller set in a military hospital during WW2. One of the main characters is Dougie Douglas, a badly-burned pilot shot down during the evacuation of Dunkirk, who eventually becomes a member of the elite Guinea Pig Club, created in 1941 by a group of RAF […]
Finally, a Species of Gratitude: The Processes of Writing “A Lucky Breath”
Finally, a Species of Gratitude: The Processes of Writing “A Lucky Breath” My new memoir, “A Lucky Breath,” is the story of the years I lived in a Costa Rican village told within the context of the days and months surrounding my divorce from the man I married there. The memoir opens before dawn on […]
Writing From the Heart: Nancy Julien Kopp
Writing From the Heart Almost every day, I find a moment to write. A moment and more that take me away from everyday tasks and immerse me into a writing life filled with words from my heart. I write essays, poems, and stories detailing the events that bring basic emotions into my life. Pain, anguish, […]
Keeping the Reader in Mind By Christina Consolino
Keeping the Reader in Mind By Christina Consolino Writing the first draft of my second novel, The Weight We Carry, served as a means of healing for me. Summer of 2015 was onerous and chaotic, filled with multiple health crises for my dad, which eventually led to a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s for my mom. I […]
On Writing Holistic Wealth by Keisha Blair
My writing journey has been a meandering one. I started writing a memoir and then a viral article prompted me to change course when the world responded to an article that I initially felt vulnerable about when I hit the “publish” button. That article captivated an audience of 50 million people globally. The second paragraph […]
Celia Micklefield: On Writing
Hello to all you lovers of books. And a big thank you to Barbara for giving me this opportunity to reach more of you through her website and tell you a little something about my work. Celia Micklefield is my maiden name. I thought it was a good idea to use it as my pen name. […]
Laura Vosika On Writing
I can hardly remember a time I didn’t write. When I was eight I wrote poetry—thankfully there are no surviving examples! At ten, I started a novel about a boy who is kidnapped and such a trial to his kidnappers that they try to give him back. Ten pages in, I came across The Ransom […]
My Process as a Writer By Jennifer Nelson
Teaching with Heart: Lessons Learned in a Classroom By Jennifer Nelson I have my good friend Peggy to thank for my writing Teaching with Heart: Lessons Learned in a Classroom. Years ago, I left my journalism job to teach high school French. It was clear that writing for a weekly business magazine was too demanding […]
Dance and Despair: Writing What You Know
Dance and Despair: Writing What You Know I lay in the bath, deep in a cloud of lavender-scented bubbles, pondering a question. Where could I set a contemporary romance series? I’d previously written historical novels based around real events. These had required an enormous amount of research to get the details of daily life correct. […]
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