Category: On Writing
Tammy Euliano on writing Fatal Intent
Tammy Euliano on writing Fatal Intent Embarking on the writing of a novel is a truly novel (ha!) experience. As a physician, researcher and teacher, who wrote extensively throughout my career in academic medicine, including an introductory anesthesiology textbook with my mentor, I assumed the words would flow and a book would appear. I couldn’t […]
But what about Penelope?
I have read Homer’s The Odyssey; I have studied it; I have taught it, yet at the end of every reading of the epic story, I always find myself staring at the ceiling in the middle of the night asking myself the same question. But what about Penelope? Don’t get me wrong, in classical literature, […]
Heather Frese Interviews Evie Austin of The Baddest Girl on the Planet
“Frese debuts with an impressive examination of small-town island life in coastal North Carolina . . . dynamic structure and strong voice . . . Readers will find lots to love.” —Publishers Weekly Heather Frese Interviews Evie Austin of The Baddest Girl on the Planet Heather Frese: Hi, Evie. Let’s get started. Hatteras Island, North […]
On Writing What You Don’t Know By Sarah Penner
On Writing What You Don’t Know By Sarah Penner Of all the writing advice I’ve come across in recent years, here is the old adage I despise the most: write what you know. They tell us to “write what we know” for several reasons: the sense of authority that comes across on the page; the speed and […]
The Author Who Predicted A Pandemic, Years Before Covid
When Susie Kearley from England started writing a book about a pandemic, she never imagined she’d live through one! I was just 16 when I penned the first draft of ‘Pestilence’. It was 1990, and I wanted to be a novelist. Inspired by the success of James Herbert’s Rats and similar stories around at that […]
Awesome
…You sure about that? My friend and fellow writer, Liz Flaherty did an article about words once. Her consideration of the word “ordinary” made me go right into Editor Nan mode and start thinking about words, how we use them, and how we misuse them. I confess I am a word nerd. It’s all my […]
Interview with Clara Falkenberg of The German Heiress by Anika Scott
About THE GERMAN HEIRESS Essen, 1946. Clara Falkenberg, once an iconic heiress, is on the run. With the city in ruins and her dear friend Elisa missing, Clara enlists the help of Jakob, a charming young racketeer with his own reasons for wanting to find Elisa. As the two join forces, it’s not long before […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Rebecca Yarros
THE THINGS WE LEAVE UNFINISHED by Rebecca Yarros A new heart-wrenching novel from USA Today bestselling author Rebecca Yarros that examines the risks we take for love, the scars too deep to heal, and the endings we can’t bring ourselves to see coming. Publishers Weekly gives it a STARRED REVIEW, saying that “readers will be […]
My Road To Writing
I’m always fascinated by people who live their lives in a very intentional way. I always aim to live that way, and yet somehow, find myself often stumbling into things that change the course of my life. I rarely seem to take an intentional first step. Rather, an event nudges (sometimes shoves) me onto a […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Janet Stilson
Charisma becomes a superpower in Janet Stilson’s new book, The Juice, a cyberpunk, dystopian tale that’s written in the spirit of William Gibson’s work and The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood. A large part of the novel takes place within a big media company, Nuhope, decades into the future. One of the company’s executives, Rico […]
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