Category: On Writing
Authors Interviewing Characters: Dominique Gracia
Authors Interview Characters: Dominique Gracia Fans of JC Briggs and MRC Kasasian will love this new collection of twelve short stories featuring a wry female detective who just can’t seem to shake the investigative business. Alongside other Victorian greats, like Sherlock Holmes and Dorcas Dene, Meinir Davies investigates crimes from East London to her native […]
Interview with Jean Duffy, author of SOCCER GRANNIES: THE SOUTH AFRICAN WOMEN WHO INSPIRE THE WORLD
SOCCER GRANNIES: The South African Women Who Inspire the World by Jean Duffy tells the story of a team of 40 to 80-year-old women in rural South Africa who defy social convention to play soccer for the companionship and the health benefits it provides. Their strength and resiliency help them face life’s challenges with dignity, […]
On Travel and Writing
“Travel opens your mind as few other things do. It is its own form of hypnotism, and I am forever under its spell.” With these words, young adult writer Libba Bray so clearly expresses how we feel about traveling the world—and how it influences our writing. When Nina and I sat down to write Star […]
Why I Wrote Life Flashes: A Memoir and Writing Process
Why I Wrote Life Flashes: A Memoir and Writing Process by Merrie Reagan I do not fully know why I wrote Life Flashes: A Memoir. I did not intend to do so. I do not know why I again began writing a journal in diary form that three years later became Life Flashes: A Memoir book manuscript. I do remember […]
Excerpt from THE GIRL IN THE WHITE CAPE, Barbara Sapienza
THE GIRL IN THE WHITE CAPE Fifteen-year-old Elena lives in a church attic in San Francisco’s Richmond neighborhood, where she is cared for by her guardian, a kind Russian priest named Father Al. Six days a week, Father Al sends her out of Our Lady, across the meadows and ponds of Golden Gate Park, and […]
One Year Later: Meredith Schorr
ONE YEAR LATER Before As Seen on TV came out last year, I had high hopes of it changing my life. I had interest from an editor overnight, phone calls with two more editors that week, and sold the book at auction in a week. I allowed myself to dream the book would be huge and […]
On Writing Vaulting Through Time
Springboard on an adventure when a young teen uses a time machine to answer the biggest questions of her life in Vaulting Through Time (July 25, 2023, CamCat Books). Hopeful, humorous, and filled with a heartfelt mother/daughter relationship, Nancy McCabe’s YA debut captures the struggles of being a teen gymnast and fitting in. Desperate for answers about […]
THE SUMMER OF SONGBIRDS by Kristy Woodson Harvey, Excerpt
New York Times bestselling author of nine novels Kristy Woodson Harvey, whose “writing coats your soul with heart” (E! Online), is back with the perfect beach read: THE SUMMER OF SONGBIRDS (July 11, Gallery Books, hardcover). This summer read is a lyrical and unforgettable celebration of female friendship, summertime freedom, enduring sisterhood—and a love letter to the places and people that make us who we are. We are […]
Spiced Apple Cider in July? Why Cozy Holiday Romances are the Perfect Summer Reads
Spiced Apple Cider in July? Why Cozy Holiday Romances are the Perfect Summer Reads By E.F. Dodd Yes, it’s hard to think about consuming hot beverages when the mercury is hovering somewhere in the bajillion degree range; however, it’s much easier to think about that cozy feeling you get while doing it. It’s soothing instead […]
Caitlin Hicks: On Inspiration
Caitlin Hicks on the inspiration for A Theory of Expanded Love and Kennedy Girl It could have been the war. Maybe that’s where the story starts. My father pulling on his trousers when the siren sounded, ‘All hands on deck’ but managing to get them up in time to see the Japanese markings on the […]
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