Category: On Writing
Authors Interviewing Characters: Mallory Kass
SAVE THE DATE A romantic comedy of manners about a lavish wedding weekend gone very, very wrong with the slow-burn romance of Emily Henry and the fizzy humor of Sophie Kinsella. The Bride: Beautiful, seemingly carefree Marigold is tired of being treated like a shallow it-girl. That’s one of the many reasons she’s excited to […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Emily Franklin
Love & Other Monsters: A Novel During the stormy, scandalous summer of 1816, daring eighteen-year-old Claire Clairmont, stepsister to Mary Shelley and lover of Lord Byron, changed the course of literature forever. Those months of desire, betrayal, and creative passion gave the world the works of Frankenstein, the modern vampire, and the mythic image of […]
NEVER LEAVE ME ALONE, Crissa-Jean Chappell: Excerpt
NEVER LEAVE ME ALONE “…a mysterious roller coaster ride full of twists and turns…Chappell’s stunningly vivid, emotionally wrenching YA thriller, focused on a teen girl in peril, raises important questions about social media addiction and the true human impacts of economic disparity.” —Ginger Pinholster, author of THE SNAKES OF ST. AUGUSTINE Seventeen-year-old Birdie lives for […]
How Writing Healed My Mother Wound
By Dr. Suzanne Manser I’ve never been a person who journals. Even though I’m a therapist and I recommend journaling and absolutely believe in its power, I’ve always personally found it a little … irritating. And then my mom died and I found myself compelled to write. On the weekends, I journaled for 8-10 hours […]
On Writing The Obit Habit
The Obit Habit was my first attempt at novel-writing, although I published To the Stars Through Difficulties first. The Obit Habit took me a dozen years to get just right. My first try at fiction, it includes more tidbits from my own life, as I attempted to “write what you know.” It’s not autobiographical but […]
THE MODEL PATIENT by Lucy Ashe: Excerpt
We are delighted to feature an excerpt from THE MODEL PATIENT by Lucy Ashe! THE MODEL PATIENT A psychological tour-de-force about obsession, control, and the dangerous relationship between a therapist and patient in 1960s London. Evelyn Westbrook has given up her career as a model and wants to find fulfilment in married life. But when […]
From Shelter to Seven Continents: What Antarctica Taught Me About Rest and Writing
By Lizbeth Meredith When friends asked what I was most looking forward to about traveling to Antarctica, my answer surprised them. It was not just the penguins or the glaciers or the thrill of finally reaching the seventh continent. It wasn’t simply about making good on a promise to myself to see all the continents. […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Patricia Grayhall
FRAMED She’s taking on Big Oil. But when her star witness is arrested for bank robbery, the fight for justice becomes a battle for survival. Environmental attorney Jo Turner is building the case of a lifetime, suing World Petrol, one of the country’s largest refineries, for toxic emissions linked to rising cancer rates along the […]
Coming Home to the Body: The Inspiration Behind Dance of Oneness
By Banafsheh Sayyad For much of my life, dance has been the language through which I understand the world. Long before I had the words to articulate my philosophy of embodiment, my body was already speaking—through movement, rhythm, and breath. I began dancing as a child, not yet realizing that this form of expression would […]
How My Memoir Helped Me Reclaim My Narrative
I love clues. I love confidences. I love the clandestine. In fact, I’ve devoted much of my professional life to unraveling secrets. First, as a litigation paralegal. Then as a market analyst. Later, as a business journalist. And, most recently, as a counselor on skid row. The trouble was I’d never cracked the code of […]
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