Category: On Writing
Inspiration for THE RECEPTIONIST
Seasoned Los Angeles TV producer Kate Myles makes her fiction debut with THE RECEPTIONIST (Thomas & Mercer; 8/1), a blazing love triangle situated in the world that churns after “Cut!” A top reality talent agent can only look past her TED-Talking business guru husband’s infidelity for so long before she has to take matters into […]
Why I Write Romance: Lilac Mills
Happy Ever After… It’s such an evocative phrase, isn’t it? We are brought up on a diet of it from an early age, usually with the words “once upon a time” at the beginning, and it’s woven into the very fabric of our society. But is it really possible to have a happy ever after? […]
Seeing Inside The Unseen
Many years ago, before I became a writer, I worked for a boutique investment firm in Silicon Valley writing business plans for start-ups. I would sit in plush Palo Alto living rooms with two or three men, always older, always white, who’d already made their fortunes but were looking to make another, bigger one. They […]
EXCERPT: Fly Safe: Letters from the Gulf War and Reflections From Back Home
From the award-winning author of Army Wife: A Story of Love and Family in the Heart of the Army AND Your Soldier, Your Army: A Family Guide comes an intimate story of love across oceans by Vicki Cody, an established senior Army spouse mentor. Fly Safe: Letters from the Gulf War and Reflections From Back Home NON-FICTION: Operation Desert Storm, military families, marriage It […]
Writing My Husband’s Memoir
I imagine all writers know it’s a big decision to write a book. There’s the time involved, the commitment to follow through, and wanting to get all the details right. It’s a daunting process. After my husband Michael died in a tragic plane crash outside Denver in 2001, ending a remarkable and colorful life that […]
My Path to Publication During Lockdown
My Path to Publication with One More Chapter, HarperCollins – Julie Shackman I have been infatuated by books and creative writing from an early age. I would buy so many exercise jotters and note books and fill them with my stories and when it was time to write creative essays at school, I was in […]
Dew on the Morning Grass and Other Precious Things
When I was a little girl we weren’t to go barefoot until the summer sun had dried the morning dew on the grass. In those days lawns were “yards” and could’ve just as easily been called “fields” or “meadows”. Lush, long, green and growing, topped by wildflowers we collected to make chains or “tea” served […]
Authors in the Cosmos: India Holton
Authors in the Cosmos: India Holton “So it was a matter of love at first sight? How romantic. I am always suspicious of love earned by familiarity—it shows a lack of imagination.” ~from The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels Author India Holton shows she has no lack of imagination in her two books—The Wisteria Society […]
Lisa Braxton: My Publication Journey
July 2017 Congratulations, Lisa! We’d like to publish The Talking Drum. I shared your manuscript with our board of directors and they thought it was fabulous. And I do too. Let me know if this lovely story is still available. If so, I’ll send you a contract and marketing questionnaire. We’ll schedule your book for […]
THE NIGHT WE BURNED: Excerpt
From clinical psychologist S.F. Kosa comes The Night We Burned, a twisting psychological suspense that explores secrets, cult psychology, and cult trauma. Delving into the strange psychological realms of her characters, Kosa weaves together a tight narrative touching on trauma, mental health, and eating disorders. The Night We Burned, out now from Sourcebooks, unwinds the secrets and haunting decisions two women made to try and […]
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