Category: On Writing
VOICE LESSONS: An Excerpt
VOICE LESSONS by Karen Salyer McElmurray, published by https://irisbooks.com/ Voice Lessons, Karen Salyer McElmurray A memoir-in-essays, Voice Lessons is one woman from Appalachia’s remembrance of childhood and of education, both formal and personal. McElmurray enters the world of writing and teaching, all the while coming to understand her deeply troubled mother. The essays are arranged […]
What Does It Mean to be a Poet?
By Katerina Canyon Recently, I was saddened by the death of the poet Khet Thi. His poetry spoke out against the military junta in Myanmar, and he died for it. My guess is Khet Thi was very afraid when he learned his life was at risk. He could have taken back his words and possibly […]
An Interview with Rachel Lorimer, a pivotal character in The Patient Man, by Joy Ellis
An Interview with Rachel Lorimer, a pivotal character in The Patient Man, by Joy Ellis The Patient Man is the sixth in the popular Jackman & Evans series, where detectives DI Rowan Jackman and DS Marie Evans are pitted against their arch nemesis, psychopath Alistair Ashcroft in a lethal game of cat-and-mouse. But are the […]
The Freedom to Change Genre as a Self-Published Author
By Irene Wittig Traditional publishers like an author to stick to the genre that has been successful for them. Self-publishing provides an author the freedom to write in any genre they wish. However, anything you self-publish or is traditionally published under your name will be forever on Amazon, whether you like it or not. The […]
Karina Kennedy interviews Marina Taylor from A Not So Lonely Planet: Italy
Karina Kennedy makes her debut onto the contemporary romance scene with A Not So Lonely Planet: Italy, following the comical and romantic misadventures of Marina Taylor, a globetrotting travel blogger from Key West. Karina Kennedy interviews Marina Taylor from A Not So Lonely Planet: Italy KK: Marina, I’m a well-traveled romantic myself and I love […]
On Writing The Hive
Dear Reader, Political and personal struggles are rifting our hometowns, our communities, and our families. They are occurring on the dirt road I grew up on in rural Missouri near the banks of the Mississippi River and near the campus where I teach in Washington, D.C. In my new novel, The Hive, The Fehler family endures […]
Jacinda Ardern: Leading with Empathy EXCERPT
About Jacinda Ardern: Leading with Empathy: Jacinda Ardern was swept to office in 2017 on a wave of popular enthusiasm dubbed ‘Jacindamania’. In less than three months, she rose from deputy leader of the opposition to New Zealand’s highest office. Her victory seemed heroic. Few in politics would have believed it possible; fewer still would have […]
Flourish
By JACQUELYN H. BERRY, PhD Five years ago, before my late mother passed away, my dad and I decided to throw her a birthday party for her 70th birthday. It was delightful; a cellist by trade, my mother’s party was filled with music and fun and food and lots of people who loved her. “I’ve […]
Q&A with Deb Caletti
National Book Award Finalist and Printz Honor Recipient Deb Caletti is the author of nearly twenty books for teens, adults, and kids, including her newest, ONE GREAT LIE (coming June 1, 2021). We are delighted to feature this interview! How did your childhood impact the writer you’ve become? I was a voracious reader as a […]
Get Up & Fight: The Memoir of Rena “Rusty” Kanokogi, The Mother of Women’s Judo
Growing up in the ’60s with ‘the mother of women’s judo” was a one-of-a-kind adventure. Often called a pioneer, Rena “Rusty” Kanokogi was an unsung hero in the fight to give women a voice, in life and in sports. Her daughter, Dr. Jean Kanokogi, was with her every step of the way, one mat at […]
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