Category: On Writing
A BOOB’S LIFE by Leslie Lehr: Excerpt
*Now in development with Salma Hayek as a comedy TV series for HBO Max* “Leslie Lehr‘s witty, wise, and sometimes heartbreaking memoir, A BOOB’S LIFE, uses our relationship with breasts, and the ways others define us through them, to explore what it means to live in a woman’s body. Original, thought-provoking, and with an elegant […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Tirzah Price
About Manslaughter Park (Jane Austen Murder Mysteries, 3) In this queer retelling of the classic novel and third book in Tirzah Price’s Jane Austen Murder Mystery series, Mansfield Park is the center of a deadly accident (or is it?). Perfect for fans of the Lady Janies and Stalking Jack the Ripper. Aspiring artist Fanny Price […]
On Writing Begin Transmission: The Trans Allegories of The Matrix
Begin Transmission: The Trans Allegories of The Matrix was a project unlike anything I’ve ever written before. It wasn’t something I sat down and wrote all at once, or even chapter by chapter. It wasn’t even something that I sat down and decided to write. Although I did decide to do the sitting part, I […]
Creating Heritage Fiction by Linda Ulleseit
Creating Heritage Fiction by Linda Ulleseit As its name implies, Heritage Fiction is about the author’s ancestors. When I was a child, my grandmother told me wonderful stories about my female ancestors. These personal anecdotes were more than just stories, though. They brought history to life. As Alex Haley says, “In every conceivable manner, the […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Maria E. Andreu
You’ve Got Mail meets a YA Beach Read with a bookish mystery at its heart in the newest rom-com from Maria E. Andreu. The ideal next read for fans of Emily Henry, Kasie West, and Jennifer E. Smith. Julieta isn’t looking for her Romeo—but she is writing about love. When her summer writing teacher encourages the class to publish their […]
Mary Griffin: On Writing
Interview with Mary Griffin Sometimes the best decisions and lessons learned come from taking leaps of faith and just trying something new. That’s what happened with me when I agreed to help my dad (Brian Smith) write the “I” in Team series of books. When I was attending college in California and earning my bachelor’s […]
HAPPY IS AS HAPPY DOES: The Slow Pivot From HEAs to HFNs
HAPPY IS AS HAPPY DOES: The Slow Pivot From HEAs to HFNs By Christina Hamlett Romance novels have long been a squillion dollar business for the American publishing industry. In fact, their sales account for over a third of mass market trade paperbacks. Boy Meets Girl. Boy Loses Girl. Boy Gets Girl Back. It’s a […]
Crossing Fifty-One: Not Quite a Memoir: Excerpt
Crossing Fifty-One: Not Quite a Memoir by Debbie Russell Three Generations of Family Secrets and Midlife Crises All Set the Stage for One Dream to Come True. A week before Christmas 1951, Dr. Ralph Russell risked everything to voluntarily enter a locked federal drug-treatment facility known as a “narcotic farm.” Sixty-five years later, Dr. Russell’s […]
Magazine or a Journal, What’s the Difference? by Alicia Blando, MD
Magazine or a Journal. What’s the Difference? by Alicia Blando, MD My parents emigrated from the Philippines to pursue a better life for their children. It wasn’t hard to become fluent in the English language since American television shows were popular in the islands. All throughout grade school and high school, my father would take […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Tracey Buchanan
While writing Toward the Corner of Mercy and Peace, which takes place in the early 1950s, I got to know the book’s main character, Mrs. Minerva Place, very well. After all, we spent many hours over the course of several years together. But no matter how well you think you know somebody, with a person […]
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