Category: On Writing
Motherhood: The Identity Thief (and How to Reclaim It)
Motherhood: The Identity Thief (and How to Reclaim It) Becoming a parent changes everything. It’s not a news flash. We all know this. But after having my son, I barely recognized myself. It wasn’t just that my clothes didn’t fit or the alarming hair loss no one had warned me about; my entire life felt […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Kristin Nilsen
Kristin Nilsen ABOUT WORLDWIDE CRUSH Worldwide Crush is a middle grade novel about the heartbreak and hilarity of what is often a very one-sided love affair: that first celebrity crush. Rory Calhoun is the perfectly perfect teen superstar who’s inspiring first crushes all over the globe. Millie Jackson is just one of the millions of […]
LOVE STORIES CAN SAVE THE WORLD Katherine Center
LOVE STORIES CAN SAVE THE WORLD Katherine Center One year, for my birthday, I got a historical romance novel as a gift. After ages of studying creative writing and Serious Fiction in school, I had never really read romance before. But I pushed past the decidedly non-literary cover and opened it up to the first […]
Bones of our Belonging By Annahid Dashtgard
Bones of our Belonging By Annahid Dashtgard I started writing Bones of Belonging just after Covid-19 hit us and finished as we began transitioning into a new “post-pandemic” normal. This timing was coincidental but also significant, as the pandemic became a mirror reflecting and accentuating massive gaps in access to health care, mental health support, […]
Reflecting on When you Stop Writing
I use writing to process, heal, understand, and keep track of life. When I cannot write I feel slightly out of control. What stops you from writing? Waiting kills my creativity. I can start many projects at once but I hate leaving a piece of work undone. Many pieces of writing can sit-in-the-place-of-waiting for acceptance/rejection. […]
When the Light Wins From the Dark
For about five years, the rise and fall of the Islamic Terror group ISIS and its Caliphate in Iraq and Syria dominated my life. As the only Dutch correspondent in Iraq, this was the main subject I covered. And the reporting had multiple effects on my own life. The interviews with Yezidi women who had […]
THE LANGUAGE OF KIN: EXCERPT
THE LANGUAGE OF KIN, Lynne Hugo From the award-winning author of A Matter of Mercy and The Testament of Harold’s Wife, comes a beautifully written exploration of how the language of healing can transcend seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Eve, a chimpanzee orphaned by poachers and used for experiments in a medical lab, can finally lead a new life. When […]
Regarding Human Trafficking and Societal Implications—Is this Really our Fault?
Regarding human trafficking and societal implications—Is this really our fault? In 2017 I went to my first lecture given by a local women’s organization about human trafficking. The panel consisted of two survivors, a detective, and an ER doctor. Each spoke for about twenty minutes. Questions from the audience were permitted at the end after […]
An Excerpt from Sonia Palleck’s “Leave the Little Light on: Book 1”
An Excerpt from Sonia Palleck’s “Leave the Little Light on: Book 1” Sonia Palleck was born and raised in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. She went to school at Western in London, Ontario and graduated from Dentistry in ’93 and Orthodontics in ’99. She pioneered the use of digital orthodontics in practice and has lectured all over the […]
First Kisses, Real and Imagined
First Kisses, Real and Imagined by Karin Cecile Davidson In the past few months, my story collection The Geography of First Kisses has allowed a way in for prospective readers to speak of their own first kisses. A First Lady’s first kiss as a young girl under a front porch light. An elderly gentleman’s remembrance of full […]
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