Category: On Writing
I Wanted Something of Him to Survive Me By Marcy Kelly
I didn’t start out to write a book or a memoir. It began with me jotting down memories of my son as they popped into my head. Michael, who was forty-five when he was found dead in his apartment, was my only child, my greatest joy, and I adored him. He was whip-smart, and he […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Frankie Chase
BAD WINNER Bad Winner is an epic, unsettling and darkly comic adventure thriller set between a stifling England and the wilds of Colombia. Black sheep Bea craves freedom as much as her populist dad craves power. Intent on estranging her bigoted family, Bea’s embroiled herself in debt working a dead-end job planning competition prizes, gambling […]
Why I Filled My Novel with Unlikely Friendships and Eccentric Characters by Linda K. Sienkiewicz
You Can Be a Disaster and Still Get Invited to the Fish Fry: At the beginning of Love and Other Incurable Ailments, Serenity Tomczyk doesn’t emerge from loss with newfound wisdom or enviable resilience. She nurses a cat. She attends group therapy. She catastrophizes every headache with a late-night Google search. Years after losing her […]
THE PLUS-ONE LIST by Amy Ewing: Excerpt
THE PLUS ONE LIST From New York Times bestselling author Amy Ewing comes a steamy new vacation romance perfect for fans of Christina Lauren’s The Paradise Problem. Eloise, who struggles with anxiety, strongly prefers the company of her senior rescue dogs to people. But when her best friend announces she’s getting married in Mexico City […]
WHEN HAMLETT MET FEARON: Two Playwrights Talk the Talk
Rodgers had Hammerstein. Lerner had Loewe. Moss had Hart. When we think of great collaborations, we typically imagine two creatives hunkered down in a room and spending more time with each other than with their respective families. Technology, however, has given birth to more inventive devices to pool respective skill sets and resources and spin […]
ARIADNE SPEAKS BEYOND THE LABYRINTH By Sophia Kouidou-Giles
Ariadne: A Greek Tale of Labyrinths and Legacies For fans of Madeline Miller, a retelling of the tale of a bold, resilient woman from Greek myth who transforms heartbreak into fierce strength, weaving a new legend where sanctuary rises from betrayal and the Labyrinth is reborn. In a world shaped by gods, kings, and ancient […]
My Journey from Copywriter to Historical Novelist By Vicky Oliver
From the age of 6, my dream was to become a writer, though my path to writing a novel was anything but straightforward. I’m sharing my own journey to show that it is, indeed, possible to switch from one focus to another — in my case, from writing bestsellers packed with career advice to writing […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Melissa R. Collings
“I’m very picky about romance, but Melissa completely won me over—her writing is sharp, charming, and just incredibly readable in the best way.” —Mindy Kaling THE LOVE OPERATION What if you could step back into your memories and experience them exactly as they happened? Dr. Cordelia Wren (Cord) has always trusted science more than sentiment. […]
PEOPLE RUIN EVERYTHING
As a child, I wanted become a writer. I had no idea what I would write about, but the idea of putting part of me onto a page that would last forever was heady. I got older and read like mad. Lots of novels, a few story collections, almost no poetry or non-fiction. When I […]
Remember My Name by Zelly Ruskin
Writing a book is hard. That’s the truth. Finishing it is a tremendous accomplishment. Fact. Taking that personal effort, the words you’ve created and taken great care to string together, and offering them to be viewed by the public? Terrifying. Glorious. Nerve-wracking. Exhausting. Still, we sit back down and subject ourselves to the process all […]
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