Category: On Writing
Reading With Rochelle Weinstein: February!
It’s February, and you know what that means…LOVE! In case you didn’t already know, I’m a sucker for a good love story. So this Valentines Day, I’m sharing books that capture all the feels. Love is complex and runs deep. And not everyone has a significant other. In this […]
Uncomfortable Books Are Important
by Sarah Tinsley Everyone wants to realise at least one of their dreams. For me, that happened just a few weeks ago. With the release of my debut novel The Shadows We Cast, the book I started over seven years ago finally exists in the world. But when people ask me what it’s about, it’s […]
How Being a Writing Coach Inspired my Writing
By Danielle Grandinetti In April, A Strike to the Heart, my historical romantic suspense novel releases from Iron Stream Media. I’ve been writing since grade school and I’ll never forget I wrote one of my first stories after a public assembly in third grade. I cannot recall the assembly itself, but I remember the assignment. […]
Writing Our Ancestors Into Fiction
Writing Our Ancestors Into Fiction By Malia Márquez Here, we explore ancestors as inspiration for fictional characters and narratives. This article is inspired by my process of researching and writing my debut novel, This Fierce Blood, published in October 2021 by Acre Books. From inspiration to researching, outlining, and fleshing out the story and characters, […]
Author Interviewing Characters Lyn Liao Butler interviews Angela from RED THREAD OF FATE
Author Interviewing Characters Lyn Liao Butler interviews Angela from RED THREAD OF FATE In the wake of a tragedy and fueled by guilt from a secret she’s kept for years, a woman discovers how delicate the thread that binds family is in this powerful novel by Lyn Liao Butler. Two days before Tam and Tony […]
Interview with Rachel Thomspon
Rachel Thompson is the author of seven books, including the award-winning, best-selling Broken Places (one of IndieReader’s “Best of 2015” top books) and the bestselling, multi-award-winning Broken Pieces (as well as two additional humor books, A Walk In The Snark and Mancode: Exposed) and two business books, including her bestselling “Great On Kindle” Pick The BadRedheadMedia 30-Day Book Marketing Challenge. She released Broken People in Fall 2020. She […]
Integrating my Author and Therapist Selves
Integrating my Author and Therapist Selves Lisa Williamson Rosenberg My father took my aspirations of being a novelist seriously from the start. His advice? “Get your first four chapters in, get your advance, and get to work.” Which was the way of the publishing world when he was chief art director of Viking Press back […]
Bobbie Jean Huff: On Writing
Bobbie Jean Huff There are a host of challenges that face every writer, and as a debut novelist I faced some difficult ones with The Ones We Keep, published by Sourcebooks in January 2022. The book is about a woman, Olivia, who after one of her children has died, decides to walk away from her […]
2022 Winter Must-Reads
Let’s be honest, winter is the one time of year where we all want to be trapped inside, and there’s no better way to enjoy that then to dive into a good book. If you can’t decide what’s next on your TBR we’ve put together a list of some of this cozy-season’s most intriguing reads. […]
Cai Emmons: Time Out of Time
This piece first appeared on Medium Cai Emmons, on Time and the first anniversary of her ALS diagnosis When I was teaching college-age and graduate fiction writers, I liked to use an exercise called “Braiding Time” to encourage the students to think about the interior lives of their characters and getting closer to understanding their […]
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