Category: On Writing
WHAT’S YOUR GENRE? By Deborah K. Shepherd
“I like it,” said the (very) young literary agent. “But, sorry. I don’t represent authors of historical fiction.” After submitting the first pages of my novel, So Happy Together, to dozens of agents online, I was making an in-person pitch at an all-day pre-pandemic event. Two agents had already turned me down. “Historical? It’s my […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Connie Hertzberg Mayo
The Sharp Edge of Mercy by Connie Hertzberg Mayo (Heliotrope Books, pub. date May 6, 2022), is about a nursing assistant in 1890 at the New York Cancer Hospital. It’s a beautifully written, gripping novel about social inequities, medical ethics, and the enduring challenges for women in healthcare and the workplace. Told by an indomitable and likable young heroine, […]
Reading With Rochelle Weinstein: May!
Hello Readers and Friends, It’s May! Spring showers bloomed some beautiful flowers and books. Here’s my latest round-up from fabulous authors and friends to add to your list. For what it’s worth, I READ every single one of these stories that I share. They’re either recommended on-line, a go-to author, or shared by a friend. […]
From Journalism to Writing Fiction: Liz Trenow
Is it easy for a journalist to switch to writing fiction? by Liz Trenow New York Times and USA Today bestselling historical fiction author Liz Trenow spent fifteen years as a journalist for newspapers, magazines, TV and radio before turning her hand to fiction. Here, she explodes the myth that the transition was easy. It […]
Why Marion Davies?
This May, go behind the scenes into the opulent private life of Marion Davies and how the movie Citizen Kane stole her legacy and turned everyone against her. The much-anticipated historical fiction release, THE BLUE BUTTERFLY 🦋 by award-winning author Leslie Johansen Nack (May 3, She Writes Press) explores the true-life story of Marion Davies’ […]
COVER REVEAL: LIGHT ON BONE: A GEORGIA O’KEEFFE MYSTERY By Kathryn Lasky
Publication Date: September 6, 2022 from Woodhall Press Light on Bone: A Georgia O’Keeffe Mystery By Kathryn Lasky Kathryn Lasky has written an exciting new adult amateur sleuth mystery set in New Mexico in the 1930s. The sleuth is Georgia O’Keefe, who actually did suffer a nervous breakdown in 1933 when her husband Alfred Stieglitz […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Jacinda Townsend
MOTHER COUNTRY Saddled with student loans, medical debt, and the sudden news of her infertility after a major car accident, Shannon, an African American woman, follows her boyfriend to Morocco in search of relief. There, in the cobblestoned medina of Marrakech, she finds a toddler in a pink jacket whose face mirrors her own. With […]
Writing Ready, Set, Oh By Diane Josefowicz
Brooklyn, 2004: I am standing in the biting wind on the corner of 4th Avenue and Union Street, and the sun has emerged for just long enough to slap my un-sunblocked face. Spring’s about to arrive, but I’m still waiting for the plot of a novel that I’ve felt stirring within me for the past […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Liz Michalski
ABOUT DARLING GIRL In this beautiful, grounded, and darkly magical modern-day reimagining of J. M. Barrie’s classic, to save her daughter’s life one woman must take on the infamous Peter Pan—who is not the innocent adventurer the fairy tales make him out to be…. Life is looking up for Holly Darling, granddaughter of Wendy—yes, that Wendy. She’s running a successful […]
AUTHORS INTERVIEWING CHARACTERS: Stacy Gold
Author Stacy gold interviews Jules Martinez and Evan Davenport from her latest steamy, outdoor adventure romance novel, Wild at Heart (May 2, 2022, Onyva). When these two meet, they’re each hiking a part of the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) solo in search of themselves. Mother Nature has other plans, though, and keeps shoving Evan and […]
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