Category: On Writing
Birth Announcement: SWAP / MEET
Swap / Meet made its debut in June 2018 from Space Cowboy Books in Joshua Tree, California, USA. It arrived as a chapbook, handmade with quality papers, measuring 8.5″ x 5.5″. It was conceived, written, and delivered in the nine months following my move home to the Mojave, although I grew up in Connecticut. Each […]
Meet Emilia Bassano: Poet, mother, feminist and Shakespeare’s reputed muse
Morgan Lloyd Malcolm: Writing Emilia The following piece appeared first on Shakespeare’s Globe Blog Morgan Lloyd Malcolm is a playwright and screenwriter – her newest play, Emilia was written specifically for the Globe Theatre. A story of the often beguiling and always fascinating Emilia Bassano – whom many consider to have been a muse and inspiration for Shakespeare – Emilia opens on 10 August […]
The Stories Behind Objects
My mother died recently so my sister and I had the sad task of sorting through her belongings. Neither of us had any idea that she had kept so much of our family’s past. We found diaries and letters, clothes from our childhood and hers. Funny little things that had been saved because they must […]
An Open Letter to My Future Writer Self
An Open Letter to My Future Writer Self, First, congratulations, because if you’re reading this, you’ve survived quite a bit. Personal struggles and heartbreak and dismissal from those who thought your dream was not a worthy one. You’ve raised three amazing kids alongside a writing career, but only after years of child-raising alongside a demanding […]
My Writing Process – A Very Personal Story
My new book – Forgive Me Not – is published by Canelo on 23rd July 2018. It heralds a change of direction. Before that HarperCollins published nine of my romantic comedies. It is a story about forgiveness and loss. About addiction and friendship. And it was inspired by a very personal journey I have just […]
My Love Affair With Books
My love affair with literature began when I was very young. In my house books were an important part of life, they were shared and enjoyed, treasures that could ferry you into infinite adventures. My grandmother gave me her old collection of first-edition Enid Blyton books, which, despite having been devoured by the whole family, […]
Interview with Louise Miller, author of The Late Bloomers’ Club
Interview with Louise Miller, author of The Late Bloomers’ Club By Jennifer S. Brown If your mouth watered as you read of the amazing pies made by Livvy in The City Baker’s Guide to Country Living, then you won’t be surprised to hear that the book’s author, Louise Miller, is a pastry chef in real […]
Waking Isabella – How My Second Novel Came To Be
How does one come up with the idea of a novel I am often asked? That question is often followed by a second one: Once you have an idea how do you sustain it and spin it into a full-length story? For me, it all begins first and foremost with an intriguing historical anecdote. Then […]
Authors Interviewing Their Characters: Jacqueline Friedland
We asked Jacqueline Friedland if she would be willing to interview Abigal Milton, the main character of her novel TROUBLE THE WATER. Set against the vivid backdrop of Charleston twenty years before the Civil War, Trouble the Water is a captivating tale replete with authentic details about Charleston’s aristocratic planter class, American slavery, and the Underground Railroad. […]
On How Writing “The Lion Tamer Who Lost ” Opened My Eyes A Little Wider…
I recently got the advance proof of my fourth novel, The Lion Tamer Who Lost. It was just as thrilling to hold it in my trembling hand as when I received my debut book, and my second one, and even my third. Perhaps more exciting in many ways. Because this one had been a slog. […]
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