Category: On Writing
THE INTERN and the Return of the Legal Thriller by Michele Campbell
THE INTERN and the Return of the Legal Thriller by Michele Campbell Suits is the biggest show on streaming. John Grisham is writing a sequel to The Firm. Everything old is new again, and that is true a hundred times over for the classic legal thriller. It never really went away. But it’s also back […]
Dreaming Myself into Old Age
Dreaming Myself into Old Age At the beginning of 2012, in my seventy-second year, I decided to return to analysis so I could explore my concerns about aging and dying. Fortunately, I found Dr. Y, a Jungian analyst who takes Medicare, freeing me to explore my new terrain—old age—without depleting our savings. Dr. Y is […]
Sarah Layden: On writing
Many years ago, while commuting to my MFA program in creative writing, I made a habit of seeking out an old windmill along my route. It was both a landmark for the distance I had yet to travel, and a reminder that I was back home again in Indiana after years away. Now that windmill […]
Interview with MC Kyra Valorian, “Blood Divided” By Katie Keridan
Interview with MC Kyra Valorian, “Blood Divided” By Katie Keridan About Blood Divided Kyra Valorian and Sebastian Sayre have finally remembered their pasts as the former Felserpent Queen and King, and now it’s time for them to change the future―by reuniting the realms and bringing peace to Astrals and Daevals. But tensions between Aeles and […]
Bertha Benz takes the Wheel of this Biographical Fiction
Bertha Benz takes the wheel of this biographical fiction By Penny Haw At its best, biographical fiction brings historical characters to life, conjuring names from the past into vital, multifaceted individuals with emotions, motives, virtues and flaws. In some cases, it introduces readers to exciting characters they might otherwise never have encountered. To me, the […]
Writing at the Intersection of Cultures By Ann Marie Jackson
Writing at the Intersection of Cultures By Ann Marie Jackson I am fascinated by the places where cultures intersect and the means by which they do so. I believe that a great way to grow is to immerse ourselves in the unknown and have things we took for granted about how the world works come […]
Barbacoa, Bomba, and Betrayal by Raquel V. Reyes: Excerpt
We are delighted to feature this excerpt from Barbacoa, Bomba, and Betrayal (A Caribbean Kitchen Mystery Book 3) by Raquel V. Reyes! Barbacoa, Bomba, and Betrayal In the third installment of the Caribbean Kitchen mysteries, for fans of Mia P. Manansala , Miriam Quiñones, cooking show sensation and amateur sleuth, has sand between her toes […]
Reading With Rochelle Weinstein: September
Hello Readers & Friends, September flew by, and I flew through the pages of some awesome reads. As we enter October, I’m wondering what’s on your TBR. A cozy fall read? A suspenseful thriller? My latest novel, WHAT YOU DO TO ME, releases 10/17, and I hope you’ll check it out. A Rolling Stone reporter […]
The House On Sun Street by Mojgan Ghazirad: Excerpt
The House On Sun Street by Mojgan Ghazirad A young girl grows up in a family uprooted by the terror of an Islamic Revolution, where her culture, her gender, and her education are in peril. For the curious and imaginative Moji, there is no better place to grow up than the lush garden of her […]
On Writing my Memoir Freak Out, My Life with Frank Zappa
A first-time writer over fifty; On Writing my Memoir Freak Out, My Life with Frank Zappa Like thousands of others, I always wanted to be a writer. I achieved it in the end with my memoir, Freak Out, My Life with Frank Zappa, published in 2011 by Plexus and translated into Spanish, Italian and Czech. […]
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