Category: On Writing
On The Impossible Beauty Of Fragility
Hyper Supermarket. Too big Too Loud Too Much Choice Sensory Overload. There’s something odd about choice. Choice tends to be only really useful if it is limited to a certain amount. When it gets to Abundance Level it tends to mainly confuse, my mind tells me, while I narrowly avoid being hit by a trolley, […]
A New Year’s Eve Miracle: Excerpt
May the New Year bring the “miracle” you wish for. A New Year’s Eve Miracle. We walked with deliberate steps. Placed our feet with care on the slippery surface of the ice-covered sidewalks and bridges of our Nazi-occupied town. Held on to each other tight, so not to slip and fall into the dark canal, […]
Her Wicked Marquess: Excerpt
Her Wicked Marquess (The Sinful Wallflowers Book 2)by Stacey Reid is out and we are delighted to feature an excerpt! About the book: Miss Maryann Fitzwilliam is too witty and bookish for her own good. No gentleman of the ton will marry her, so her parents arrange for her to wed a man old enough to be […]
Interview with Alexandra Monir, author of BLACK CANARY
Iranian-American author Alexandra Monir (Timeless, The Final Six) joins the New York Times bestselling DC Icon Series lineup of mega-authors Leigh Bardugo, Marie Lu, Sarah J. Maas, and Matt de la Pena with her YA novel BLACK CANARY: Breaking Silence (December 29, Random House Books for Young Readers). This highly anticipated origin story is a “refreshing spin on the feminist dystopia…sure to resonate in today’s volatile climate” (Kirkus Reviews). Black […]
Essay by Brooke Warner, Publisher of She Writes Press
Brooke Warner is publisher of She Writes Press, president of Warner Coaching Inc., and author of Write On, Sisters!, Green-light Your Book, What’s Your Book?, and three books on memoir. We are delighted to feature this wonderful essay by her about her time as a Tumbleweed at Shakespeare & Co. and how that led to her book publishing career. Tumbling There’s a […]
Model Writer
I did not enjoy reading when I was a kid. This was an attitude my mom and dad could not understand. Try as they might to share their love of books with me, I wasn’t interested. My parents decided not to take my blasé attitude toward literary adventure lying down. No sir, something had to […]
The Accidental Author: How Writing Helped Me Come To Terms With My Brother’s Death
The accidental author: how writing helped me come to terms with my brother’s death I always hoped that I would one day find the time to write a book. In the same way I wistfully day-dream I’ll retire by the sea and spend lazy days walking a dog up and down a beach. And I […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Virginia Gray and Mei Zi
Bestselling Author Virginia Gray writes books about headstrong women falling in love and finding their place in the world. Her award-winning series, The Susan Wade Saga, has been an Amazon Prime feature and considered for film option. Her latest novel, Spa Girl, is on sale now. We asked Virginia if she would be willing to […]
For The Love Of The Land by Jenny Jefferies
For The Love Of The Land by Jenny Jefferies For The Love Of The Land is a cook book to celebrate British farmers and their food. Forty fantastic farmers from all over the British Isles contribute both a recipe and a story about what British farming means to them and Minette Batters, the President of […]
Writing Erotica At The Age Of 80
How I came to write an erotic romance novel at age 80 by Peggy Hinaekian There is the misconception that women lose their sexuality as they grow older. Well, I proved everyone wrong by writing a somewhat erotic romance novel at age 80. People might think it strange that I chose eroticism as a subject […]
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