Category: On Writing
MAYA & NATASHA, Elyse Durham: EXCERPT
MAYA & NATASHA, Elyse Durham Maya and Natasha are twin sisters born during the Siege of Leningrad in 1941 and abandoned by their mother, a prima ballerina at the Kirov Ballet who would rather die than not dance. Taken in by their mother’s best friend at the Kirov, the girls are raised to be dancers. […]
Sister Collette Character Interview by Ellen Barker, author of The Breaks
Ellen Barker’s illuminating third novel, The Breaks (February 18, She Writes Press), takes a look at the deep injustice of wrongful conviction and what “freedom” means after release from prison. All this is set against the story of Marianne, white and middle-aged and struggling with her own life challenges, including sort-of dating a Black cop. Mixing […]
On Writing While Visiting Babette
While Visiting Babette, my new novella, struck Camille Griep, the editor of Does It Have Pockets, as a fairy tale. My publisher perceived strains of Alice in Wonderland, as did reviewer Devyn Andrews, who pointed out that “we first meet Ina when she is running late … and the Queen of Hearts makes a notable […]
On Writing by Holly Danvers
One of the most frequent questions I’ve been asked throughout my career is the inspiration behind a book, and the launch of my latest Little White Lies series is no exception. The first book in the series, LIE IN THE TIDE, my eleventh publication to date, is a culmination of a few “what if” ideas […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Janice Deal
THE BLUE DOOR How much responsibility and guilt can a mother bear for a child who has done wrong? This is the question that haunts Flo when her daughter Teddy plans to visit after a long separation. The prospect of seeing Teddy brings back painful memories of Teddy’s troubled past–a young teen imprisoned for committing […]
Why was Agatha Christie almost expelled from the Detection Club?
By Kelly Oliver My new mystery series set in the late 1920’s and1930’s features the original London Detection Club, including founding members Agatha Christie, Dorothy Sayers, and Gilbert Chesterton. The first in the series, The Case of the Christie Conspiracy just came out. The Detection Club is the stuff of literary legend—a gathering of the […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Carol Plum-Ucci
INSANE POSSIBILITIES by Carol Plum-Ucci Carol Plum-Ucci is the award-winning author of INSANE POSSIBILITIES, an intense psychological thriller and family drama. INSANE POSSIBILITIES introduces Toby Kellerman, an 18 year old facing a tough recovery after surviving a push down a well. Stuck in a hospital bed, he tries to unravel an even tougher mystery — […]
Lucille Guarino: Writing Lunch Tales: Suellen
I am excited to share the news of my new novel, Lunch Tales: Suellen. The way this story came about is quite different from my previous novel, Elizabeth’s Mountain, which was sparked by a dream. Lunch Tales: Suellen is drawn from my personal experience in working at a major New Jersey law firm for several years where I met a lot of […]
DG Rampton: On Writing
Australia’s Queen of Regency Romance DG Rampton took Ten Years to Write her First Book but Now she’s an Amazon bestseller with over 100,000 downloads. By D. G. Rampton People often ask me how I became an author and I have the sense that they expect me to say it was some pre-planned career goal […]
What Really Matters? by Meredith Murray
Nothing in life is guaranteed. As adults, we often learn this lesson painfully and without warning. As children, we hear and place trust in a seemingly linear path to success, as instructed by the adults in our lives (i.e., parents, teachers, guidance counselors, coaches). Get good grades in school, take on leadership roles in extracurricular […]
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