Category: On Writing
Come Away With Me, Julie Maloney
COME AWAY WITH ME By Julie Maloney The first time I led an international writer’s retreat, the person who invited me ended up in hospice a month before we both were to fly to Greece. Due to her illness—of which I knew nothing—she had left most details unattended. In desperation, she called to ask me […]
Inspiration behind writing Gaslighting Recovery for Women by Dr. Amelia Kelley
Inspiration behind writing Gaslighting Recovery for Women by Dr. Amelia Kelley My name is Dr. Amelia Kelley and I am a trauma-informed therapist and advocate for survivors of domestic violence and other forms of relationship trauma. With 20 years of experience as a therapist, I have seen first-hand the impact that gaslighting and other forms […]
Behind the Scenes: Writing Martha’s Story By Jodi Decker
Behind the Scenes: Writing Martha’s Story By Jodi Decker Sometimes the source of a story idea is in your DNA—literally. When my daughter and I embarked on writing Poems From the Asylum, about our great-grandmother and grandmother Martha Gruening Nasch, respectively, it sent us on a writing journey through genealogy, family history, and historical research […]
Saying Good-Bye by Jeannee Sacken
I love to read series. As a kid, I read The Bobbsey Twins and Laura Ingalls Wilder, then Nancy Drew and Cherry Ames. As an adult, I’m always up for the newest Lady Darby or Lady Emily historical mystery, a Kate Burkholder thriller, or one of Suzanne Brockmann’s Troubleshooter books. Truth be told, I’ve got […]
THE WAYS OF WATER by Teresa H. Janssen: Excerpt
THE WAYS OF WATER As Josie Belle Gore, daughter of a Louisiana train engineer and Texas seamstress, journeys with her itinerant family through the deserts of the boom-and-bust American West and revolutionary Mexico, she learns that in her life, two things are constant: water is precious, and her role in her family is to save […]
The Often Lonely Process of Writing NEVER ALONE, a Solitary Arctic Survival Journey
Woniya Thibeault wasn’t looking for an adventure of such magnitude, but when the opportunity to participate in Alone® Season 6 fell into her lap, she couldn’t say no. Never Alone is the story of that journey. The often lonely process of writing, Never Alone, a Solitary Arctic Survival Journey By Woniya Thibeault I knew from early on in […]
Inspiration of Ndima Ndima
Inspiration of Ndima Ndima Auckland has been my home for more than a decade, but I’m always homesick for the country I left. Though I grew up in Harare, my soul belongs where I was born, Mutare. No matter how many times I cook traditional meals or have dinner with close friends that speak the same […]
The Magic of Christmas in a Victorian Seaside Paradise
The Magic of Christmas in a Victorian Seaside Paradise For centuries, travelers from all across the northeast and beyond have arrived to the welcoming spirit of Cape May, New Jersey known as America’s first seaside resort. Set at the tippy-end of the state, the town is uniquely positioned where the Atlantic Ocean meets the Delaware […]
Emma Orchard interviews the hero of her latest novel, THE RUNAWAY HEIRESS
About THE RUNAWAY HEIRESS London, 1815. Cassandra Hazeldon is on the run. Under duress to marry a repellent friend of her uncle, Cassandra has made her escape, but now she is very much alone. With luck and quick thinking, she finds a refuge in a grand mansion in Mayfair, and a protector in Lord Irlam, […]
The Context of Writing in My Life by Debbie Chein Morris
The Context of Writing in My Life by Debbie Chein Morris From time immemorial, people have had the desire and the need to write. Even before modern-day alphabetic letters were created, before paper and pen, pictographs lined the walls of caves. Ancient tools were used to carve pictures into stone so that stories could be […]
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