Category: On Writing
Authors Interviewing Characters: Kristen Tsetsi
Author Kristen Tsetsi decided on a slightly alternative Authors Interviewing Characters piece. Graham Harrison, from her novel AGE OF THE CHILD, interviews his wife, Katherine Oxford. Read the Daily Fact’s Exclusive Interview with Oxford Spirits Owner Katherine Oxford As families struggle with the financial burden of providing for a deluge of unplanned children following the […]
Deleted Scene from My Secret to Keep
Deleted Scene from My Secret to Keep Last month my essay was about how much research is too much. This month I’m showing you what happened when I got myself wrapped up in the car Anne used to teach Maggie to drive. I devoted endless hours researching the car’s design, the interior and exterior colors, […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Diane Cohen Schneider
The Devil Wears Prada meets the high stakes of Wall Street in this smart, funny novel by a former Wall Street sales pro that is written for everyone who’s had a love/hate relationship with their job. ANDREA HOFFMAN GOES ALL IN Andrea Hoffman is an overeducated, underemployed, and unmotivated recent college graduate—until an unexpected robbery blasts […]
Publishing Journey: Song For Ria
I won’t lie, there were a few days, after Song for Ria was published, when I looked at its web pages on Amazon and watched its ratings go down. My self-confidence tunnelled a hole in the ground that I wanted to bury myself in and I eventually decided not to look at those pages again […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Colette Dartford
Authors Interviewing Characters: Colette Dartford Colette was inspired to interview Grace, the main character in her new novel, The Mortification of Grace Wheeler. Colette has cast herself in the fictional role of Feature’s Editor at Liberty magazine. Colette is writing a series called The Reluctant Protagonist, which profiles women whose choices have plunged them into […]
THE PROCESS OF WRITING WOMAN THROUGH THE AGES
THE PROCESS OF WRITING WOMAN THROUGH THE AGES Nowadays I see having been rejected at birth by my father on account of being the ‘wrong’ gender as the greatest gift I’ve received in my life. If that sounds strange, I’ll explain: had I had the idyllic childhood that my two young grandchildren in Devon are […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Arlene Mark
Author Arlene Mark shines light on a myriad of hot topics from global warming, immigration, and the impact of war at home, to unlikely friendships and parent-teen relationships in THE YEAR WITHOUT A SUMMER (August 16, SparkPress, 12-16 years, grade 7-9). Perfect for fans of The Ice House by Monica Sherwood and The Queen Bee and Me by Gillian McDunn as well as […]
Writer Friendships
For the longest time I sat in my office diligently typing, inwardly moaning because writing is a solitary process. And I’m an ambivert with strong extrovert leanings. But as it turned out—just this one time—I was wrong. Writing is not solitary. You may technically be alone when you write (although it can feel pretty crowded […]
Author Interviewing Characters: Gill Paul
Author Interviewing Characters International bestselling author Gill Paul returns with The Manhattan Girls, a novel about famous wit Dorothy Parker and three of her friends – Jane Grant, Winifred Lenihan, and Peggy Leech – who started a bridge group in 1920s New York City. Against the backdrop of louche speakeasies and scary bootleggers, rising hemlines […]
Publishing a Debut Novel at 65: Too Late, or Right on Time?
By Donna Gordon Publishing a Debut Novel at 65: Too Late, or Right on Time? At the age of 65, I’m not the first person to publish her debut novel later in life. Laura Ingalls Wilder was 65 in 1932 when she published her first book, Little House on the Prairie. Bram Stoker didn’t publish Dracula until […]
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