Category: On Writing
Authors Interviewing Characters: Jen Comfort
Jen Comfort’s MIDNIGHT DUET (Montlake; 1/10/23), an electric, sexy retelling of The Phantom of the Opera, should be on your reading list! And yes, Jen did create a companion Spotify playlist. In MIDNIGHT DUET, diva Erika Greene has it all: a starring role on Broadway, legions of fans, spectacular natural talent. But when an accident drops curtains on her career, she retreats to Paris, Nevada, […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Fran Hawthorne
FRAN HAWTHORNE interviews MIRANDA ISAACS from her novel I MEANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE BOOK: When Miranda Isaacs’s fiancé, Russ Steinmann, is being vetted for his dream job in the U.S. attorney’s office, the couple joke about whether Miranda’s parents’ history as antiwar activists in the Sixties might jeopardize Russ’s security clearance. But as […]
How Heritage Emerges in My Fiction
By Carol Van Den Hende How autobiographical is your fiction? I often get this question from readers! The answer isn’t straightforward. As with most writers, my characters and conflicts come from a combination of observation, imagination and personal experience. In the case of my main protagonist Orchid Paige, however, we do share an Asian ancestry. […]
On Writing Snapshots of My Father, John Silber : Finding a Vector Into an Immense Life Story
On Writing Snapshots of My Father, John Silber : Finding a Vector Into an Immense Life Story By Rachel Silber Devlin How can I write a biography of the man, John Silber, who was larger than life—who was on the planning committee for the commission that created Head Start; who rescued Boston University when it […]
My Inspiration for Dr. Mallory Hayes in Particles in the Air
My Inspiration for Dr. Mallory Hayes in Particles in the Air I drew from many of my own personal experiences– particularly my experiences in medicine– in the formation of Mallory, the lead character in my new medical thriller, Particles in the Air. As is the case in many fields, medicine remains firmly male-dominated. It is […]
Excerpt from They Got Daddy: One Family’s Reckoning with Racism And Faith: Excerpt
THEY GOT DADDY: ONE FAMILY’S RECKONING WITH RACISM AND FAITH An unforgettable journey through racism and faith across the generations. January 15, 1959―a day that changed one family forever. White supremacists kidnapped and severely beat rural Alabama preacher Israel Page, nearly killing him because he had sued a White sheriff’s deputy for injuries suffered in […]
HOW A POISON PEN CAMPAIGN AT BLENHEIM PALACE TRIGGERED A COSY CRIME SERIES
HOW A POISON PEN CAMPAIGN AT BLENHEIM PALACE TRIGGERED A COSY CRIME SERIES What would you do if you worked at “Britain’s greatest palace”, full of underground cellars, hidden rooms, and secret staircases, and then received your very own poison pen letter threatening your future? You’d write a book about it, of course. And that’s […]
What Defines Us
What Defines Us By Angela Greenman What is it that defines us? After traveling the world as a communications expert, I believe it comes down to this question. The question is complex, because none of us are just one thing. We live a multitude of roles. We may exist in several different environments during the […]
How to Write a Novel in 411 Days
The idea for No One Knows Us Here was spinning around my head for years before I actually sat down to write it. I was waiting for inspiration to strike. It had happened to me before—a sudden burst of creativity would come over me and I would write like a Serious Author character in a […]
They Might Be Toxic, A Little Book About Toxic Relationships
They Might Be Toxic, A Little Book About Toxic Relationships I wrote They Might Be Toxic after experiencing years of repeated patterns of toxic relationships. I’ve been a lifelong learner, and a teacher, so for me, sharing about this subject was only natural. As a 19-year old I fell into a whirlwind romance, dated this […]
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