Category: On Writing
Would You Ask My Husband That? by Kathleen Whyman
Would You Ask My Husband That? She’s wearing the pants in the family. And washing everyone else’s as well. Kathleen Whyman describes the inspiration behind her new book and how she hopes it’ll ignite some interesting conversations at the dinner table ‘Will worked very hard. I wasn’t trying to belittle that. But he could, because […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Allison Ashley
THE ROOMMATE PACT ER nurse Claire and her roommate slash firefighter Graham Scott have come up with a not-so-traditional pact: if they are still single by the time they’re forty, they’ll take the plunge and become friends with benefits. To Claire, the agreement is a safe-enough deal, considering she hasn’t had much luck in love and Graham is […]
Q&A with Jessica Sinarski, LPCMH Author of Riley the Brave’s Big Feelings Activity Book
Q&A with Jessica Sinarski, LPCMH Author of Riley the Brave’s Big Feelings Activity Book Question: What are the benefits of presenting the information in Riley the Brave’s Big Feelings as an activity book rather than a regular children’s book? Jessica Sinarski: Over the past few years, my waiting list as a therapist was getting longer […]
Research for To Free the Stars By J’nell Ciesielski
Research for To Free the Stars By J’nell Ciesielski Anyone who knows me or has heard me talk about the writing process is fully aware that research is my favorite part of this job. It’s that magical time before any words are put on paper, when magic sparks in the air and the imagination stirs […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Halley Sutton
Authors interviewing characters: Halley Sutton interviews Salma Lowe from her novel THE HURRICANE BLONDE Salma Lowe knows what it’s like to be in the spotlight. A former child actor, she became a fixture of the tabloids during the late nineties for her wild child exploits. Then there’s her family. Her father, Dave Lowe, was considered […]
I Am a Woman, Jewish, and Gay by Melissa Giberson
I Am a Woman, Jewish, and Gay. Melissa Giberson Martin was soft-spoken and had touched a soft spot in my heart. I didn’t know much about him, but I knew he was mourning the recent death of his mother. I knew his injury, the reason he sought my services as an occupational therapist, prevented him […]
On Writing Unfinished Business
I was never told it would take four years to write a book. No one ever told me much about writing a book at all, in fact, though to be fair that’s most likely because I never asked. There are so many things you can do in 4 years’ time. You can have a baby—or […]
The Box: Experiments and Inspirations
Mandy-Suzanne Wong The Box: Experiments and Inspirations A novel about a box? It’s an experiment. Much about it is uncertain; including, as in all experiments, the outcomes and results. Those are for readers to determine, and I expect they’ll do so with greater dubiousness than conclusiveness. The nature of the experiment was to learn whether […]
The Story Behind The Girl from the Red Rose Motel By Susan Zurenda
The Girl From the Red Rose Motel tells a story in which two high school students from vastly different backgrounds who fall in love attempt to navigate complications readers might never imagine. Interwoven with the story of Hazel, an impoverished girl, and the affluent Sterling is the story of their English teacher, Angela Wilmore, as […]
How I went Amish for Three Days to Research my Thriller By C.G. Twiles
How I went Amish for three days to research my thriller By C.G. Twiles Eli tried to pass me meatloaf again. “Mmm,” he drawled in an exaggerated manner. “Are you suuuure you don’t want some? It smells so gooooooood.” I had already told him I was vegetarian. But this didn’t stop him from repeatedly dangling […]
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