Category: On Writing
An Interview with Theresa, from THE STARK BEAUTY OF LAST THINGS by Céline Keating
An Interview with Theresa, from THE STARK BEAUTY OF LAST THINGS by Céline Keating As overdevelopment and sea level rise threaten Montauk, an unexpected legacy grants the fate of its last undeveloped parcel to Clancy Frederics, an outsider scarred by his orphan childhood. Everyone in town has a stake, among them Julienne, a painter fighting to save […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Angela Terry
Authors Interviewing Characters: Angela Terry in Conversation with Jasmine “Jae” Phillips of The Palace at Dusk Harvard-educated corporate attorney Jasmine “Jae” Phillips promised herself that she wouldn’t date anyone at the office. She’s too focused on the job, and her meh dating history can be summed up with a shrug. Then came Brad Summers. When […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Patricia D’Arcy Laughlin
Author Patricia D’Arcy Laughlin interviews Elizabeth, the female protagonist in the first novel of her trilogy, Sacrifices For Kingdoms—A contemporary romance following the passionate love story between Elizabeth, a sophisticated activist, and Michael, a European Prince with hidden ambitions, and their other loves, lives, and lies. Filled with passion, danger, and intrigue, their journey crosses […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Vanessa Riley
Welcome to Murder in Drury Lane, book two of the Lady Worthing Mystery Series. Abigail Carrington Monroe, Lady Worthing, has just returned from an unsuccessful visit to Bath. She had hoped to meet with her world-exploring husband, James Monroe, Lord Worthing, but the former navy captain did not arrive. Instead, he sent a letter with excuses. Abigail […]
Writing About the Unheralded Strength of Women in a Time of War
Writing about the Unheralded Strength of Women in a Time of War Juliet Greenwood I loved writing The Last Train from Paris, published by Storm Publishing on 23rd October 2023. The novel was largely inspired by family stories I’ve heard all my life, as well as childhood memories of my mum’s family and friends in […]
Paralysed and Podcasting about Books
Silence enveloped the room, occasionally disrupted by the soft splutter of a cough. Mostly, it was my inner turmoil, urging me to break the silence with words—any words. This was the daunting experience of public speaking, an unconventional beginning for a podcast centred on mental wellbeing and life skills. One night, after a decade of […]
Writing Through The Chaos About The Most Transformational Time of My Life
Writing Through The Chaos About The Most Transformational Time of My Life By Nikol Rogers Time can be a funny thing as a writer, especially if you are writing a memoir. Typically, memoirs are inspiring tales of courage, and overcoming immense obstacles. However, they are never written in the midst of chaos, because the writer […]
Gray Divorce – Fact or Fiction
Gray Divorce – Fact or Fiction Reese Witherspoon, 47, Sofia Vergara, 51, Sophie Gregoire Trudeu, 48, and Christine Baumgartner 49, are all at or nearing the half-century mark. But they also share another life trait: This year, each of them announced their divorce. Gray divorce. Diamond divorce. Silver splitters. Whatever the latest tag, in recent […]
Introducing The Raek Riders Series: A Completed Series Published at Once
Introducing The Raek Riders Series: A Completed Series Published at Once By Melanie K. Moschella I’m a new author, and my debut work, The Raek Riders Series, will be available in March, 2024 as a completed five-book series—as in: fully-formed, ready-to-read, start-to-finish, doneso. Readers won’t have to painstakingly wait for each new release, won’t have […]
Happy Landings: Emilie Loring’s Life, Writing, and Wisdom: Review
Happy Landings: Emilie Loring’s Life, Writing, and Wisdom City Points Press, 2023 Review by Martha Wolfe www.marthawolfe.net How does an author, one whose thirty novels sold over five-million copies and were translated into nine languages, whose name appeared on best-seller lists alongside Pearl S. Buck, Sinclair Lewis, Faith Baldwin, and Agatha Christie, one to whom […]
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