Category: On Writing
Valentine by George Sand: A Review
It was not until the fall of 2015 when I had my first encounter with the great figure of Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin, better known as George Sand, only thanks to my obsession with Chopin and with classical music. The curse of entrapment in a man’s name seemed to have found new ways to haunt […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Constance Sayers
Authors Interviewing Characters: Constance Sayers The Ladies of the Secret Circus is a magical story spanning from Jazz Age Paris to modern-day America full of family secrets, sacrifice, and lost love set against the backdrop of a mysterious circus. Paris, 1925: To enter the Secret Circus is to enter a world of wonder—a world where women […]
Character Interview: The Vines by Shelley Nolden
About THE VINES In the shadows of New York City lies the abandoned, forbidden North Brother Island, where the remains of a shuttered hospital hide the haunting memories of quarantines and human experiments. The ruins conceal the scarred and beautiful Cora, imprisoned there by contagions and the doctors who torment her. When Finn, a young […]
WRITING LEMONS IN THE GARDEN: NOT FAMOUS ENOUGH
Forty years ago, I had a dream in which Blanche Ames told me to write her autobiography. I’d read about Blanche while I was working on a team to write a massive women’s history reference book, and of course her name caught my attention. Then I learned that Blanche was my grandmother’s aunt. How was […]
Writing Sin Child
I spent my childhood and much of my adult life hiding behind a dark curtain of fear. Fear of what would happen on a daily basis. Fear of all those who judged me and sought revenge based on the doings of my family. Fear of falling asleep at night, not knowing who would be coming […]
The Shelf in the Corner
By Teresa J. Rhyne I write about dogs. There. I said it. Did you scoff? Did you think “she is not a serious writer”? Did the word “cute” pop into your head? No? So, it’s just me. I didn’t plan on writing dog books, or dog-oirs as I call them (memoir meets dog book). I […]
NOTES FROM THE BATHROOM LINE: AMY SOLOMON INTERVIEW
Titters: The First Collection of Humor by Women was a groundbreaking collection of essays, comics, and ephemera by the leading female comedians of the 1970s that included the likes of Gilda Radner, Candice Bergen, and Phyllis Diller. It pains us to report that there hasn’t been a similar collection of contemporary funny women published since […]
MY TWICE-TOLD TALE: WHY I WROTE GOOD NEIGHBORS, BAD TIMES REVISITED
By Mimi Schwartz When I was growing up Jewish in Queens, New York after World War II, I was taught that America was a Melting Pot. And if I jumped right in, I could be like everyone else—even if my parents, who were refugees from Hitler’s Germany, said ‘moder’ and ‘fader’ instead of ‘mother’ and […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Ada Bell
Welcome to Shady Grove, a town where science meets séances. Perfect for fans of Amy Boyles and Erin Huss, MYSTIC PIECES by Ada Bell (January 11) is a fun, witty paranormal mystery that follows a young scientist who is astonished—and not exactly ecstatic—to discover she has psychic powers. Twenty-four-year old Aly moved to Shady Grove, […]
Kate Quinn interviews Osla, Mab, and Beth from THE ROSE CODE
“The reigning queen of historical fiction” — Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Lions of Fifth Avenue The New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Huntress and The Alice Network returns with another heart-stopping World War II story of three female code breakers at Bletchley Park and the spy they must root out after the war is over. Kate Quinn […]
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