Category: On Writing
Where It All Began: My Southern Roots
Where It All Began: My Southern Roots As a country singer croons, “Blame it all on my roots…” He might as well add, especially in the South. From the time we are children in small towns across the south, we absorb our surroundings, family, and culture. Some of us lived in tumultuous times and apologized […]
Unapologetically Me: A Healing Writing Practice to Reconnect to Self & Own Your Story
Four years ago, when I lived in a palatial California basement apartment with French doors that opened up onto a lush garden with lemon, orange, and fig trees, I found myself lying face down on the earth, in mourning. My father, my number one fan of my writer Self, had died a few months earlier. […]
On Writing Memoir, by Mary Hollendoner
By Mary Hollendoner I always hated writing. English class was my least favorite subject at school – writing essays about obscure points of literature and having to hit a certain number of pages – none of it inspired me. So I never imagined that I’d write a book… but here I am! My book was […]
G.R. Macallister Interviews Fasiq from Scorpica
G.R. Macallister Interviews Fasiq from Scorpica Scorpica is the first book in an epic fantasy series called The Five Queendoms, set in a matriarchal world. In this world, women hold every position of power, from queens and senators to priests and sorcerers, as well as heading up individual households. In this world it’s no surprise […]
Walk Like a Man
Walk Like a Man By Lorena Hughes What do George Sand, George Eliot, and James Barry have in common? Aside from the fact that they were all successful in their fields, they were all women. The author known as George Sand was, in fact, a French baroness who defied all conventions not only by separating […]
Veronica Gutierrez interviews Yolanda Avila from AS YOU LOOK
Veronica Gutierrez interviews Yolanda Avila from AS YOU LOOK Debut author Veronica Gutierrez introduces us to Yolanda Avila, a Los Angeles private investigator struggling with the intersection of grief, guilt, and latent psychic tendencies following the death of her mother. Her struggle peaks when she must solve her godson’s kidnapping and find her wife’s stalker, […]
140 Miles of Life: A Remarkable Journey to Self- Acceptance and Love: Excerpt
By Veronica Carrera Author of 140 Miles of Life: A Remarkable Journey to Self- Acceptance and Love Veronica Carrera holds a B.A. in French from Brigham Young University and an M.B.A. from Cornell’s Johnson Graduate School of Management, where she was honored as “The 2015 Best Executive EMBA.” She recently completed the Inner M.B.A. (conscious […]
The Stories Behind the Story: How The Porcelain Doll Became a Novel About Fairy Tales, Epic Love, and Yes, Russian Dolls (But Not That Kind)
By Kristen Loesch When I was a kid in the 1990s, my father, who moonlighted as a martial artist, began to train with elements of the Russian military in Moscow. He would often be away for months, returning with fascinating trinkets and stories that made this faraway country seem like a fairy tale. I don’t […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Eve Smith and Off Target
An unthinkable decision A deadly mistake When a one-night stand leads to a long-desired pregnancy, Susan will do anything to ensure her husband won’t find out … including the unthinkable. But when something horrendous is unleashed around the globe, her secret isn’t the only thing that is no longer safe… In an all-too-possible near future, […]
Rich Inspiration for a Swiss Story
By Clare O’Dea Imagine if you could speak to a time traveller? Well, you can. If you want to know what it was like to live in 1950s Switzerland, as I did, you can ask the people who were there. It’s wonderful. Always a compulsive story collector, I never miss a chance to find out […]
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