Category: On Writing
How My Husband’s Life Story Inspired My Novel
Debut novelist shares her story By Mary Ford Retiring after thirty-five years in journalism was like falling off a cliff. No deadlines. No breaking-news stories. No production days. No stress. But what to do now? My husband’s story, chronicled in my debut novel “Boy at the Crossroads,” is not your typical “good-ole-days” tale. He is […]
CINDER-NANNY: Excerpt
What could come between a nanny and an earl in a fairytale love story? Well, for one thing–a reality check. In CINDER-NANNY by Sariah Wilson, a young woman named Diana who’s attempting to pay for her sister’s mounting medical bills fabricates her credentials to land a job caring for a wealthy couple’s five-year-old boy in […]
A KILLING RAIN: Excerpt
Fans of police procedurals, dark mysteries and psychological thrillers are in for a treat this summer! Author Faye Snowden releases her second installment in her Killing Fire series, A Killing Rain (Flame Tree Press). This dark, Southern gothic tale of homicide features detective Raven Burns, who comes with a complicated past and a case she […]
Authors Interviewing Characters Series: Judith Berlowitz
HOME SO FAR AWAY A fictional diary set in interwar Germany and Spain allows us to peek into the life of Klara Philipsborn, the only Communist in her merchant-class, German-Jewish family.Klara’s first visit to Seville in 1925 opens her eyes and her spirit to an era in which Spain’s major religions, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, […]
FIVE SUMMER READS FOR WRITERS By Kimberly Garrett Brown
FIVE SUMMER READS FOR WRITERS By Kimberly Garrett Brown Henry James said it best when he wrote: “Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.” To me the best summer afternoons are spent with a good book. That’s why I plan my summer reading like […]
Interview with Rachel Michelberg and Gabi Coatsworth
Authors Rachel Michelberg and Gabi Coatsworth have both written memoirs that explore marriage, caregiving, love, and loss. We interviewed them to find out more about their writing process, and how they feel about it now that their books are published. How long after the events in the book did you start writing about it? And […]
Vivianne Knebel: On Writing
In her second book, Lessons Learned About Life and Love: Living with Intention and with Wisdom from Great Minds, Vivianne Knebel shares some of the lessons she has learned from writers and thinkers such as Dr. Wayne Dyer and Dr. Viktor Frankl, weaving them into her own experiences in a compelling guide to living, loving, […]
Writing and Researching The Empress and the English Doctor: How Catherine the Great defied a deadly virus
I’m the writer who took the sex out of the story of Catherine the Great. Actually, that’s not strictly true: I may be British, but I’m not that prim. What I really wanted to do when writing my book The Empress and the English Doctor is ditch the false sexual smears trotted out (ha!) for […]
The Well Of Truth Excerpt
The Well of Truth is the story of a woman named Grace who is on a journey of self discovery. Through the telling of significant moments in her adult life, Grace garners insight and inspiration to create a meaningful and authentic life for herself. The book is filled with reflections on feminine resilience, power, and […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Patricia Gibney
Patricia Gibney interviews detective Lottie Parker, of The Guilty Girl About THE GUILTY GIRL An Utterly Gripping and Unputdownable Serial Killer Thriller Something whistling through the door behind her caused her to turn. A shadow spread across the opening. She clasped a hand to her mouth, stilling the fear that was rising. The menacing shadow […]
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