Category: On Writing
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 […]
Stories That Create Suffering
Reprinted from Where Do You Hang Your Hammock?: Finding Peace of Mind While You Write, Publish, and Promote Your Book with permission of She Writes Press. Copyright © 2021, Bella Mahaya Carter. I once saw a cartoon titled “Suffering,” which consisted of a leaf falling gently from a tree. A thought bubble expressing the leaf’s […]
Writing The Confidence Men: Margalit Fox
By Margalit Fox My new book, The Confidence Men, chronicles the most remarkable tale I’ve ever had the privilege of telling: the true story of a prison break so bizarre it should never have worked. But what delighted me as keenly as the story itself was the fact that I’d encountered it completely unexpectedly—poring over […]
HOUSE OF CROWS EXCERPT
HOUSE OF CROWS (5/27) is a four-part thriller collection from master of suspense, New York Times bestselling author, Lisa Unger. Unger has penned a deliciously creepy episodic story series that demands to be binged from start to finish! Decades ago, four friends came face-to-face with dark events that they couldn’t explain as children and can’t […]
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