Category: On Writing
May-December Affairs, Gay-Straight Friendships, and Just a Touch of ESP
By Diane Wald I’ve never thought of myself as a writer who revisits particular themes, but recently I received a postcard from an old friend that caused me to reconsider. “I love your new novel,” she said. “It gave me a whole new perspective on your older man/younger woman theme.” Huh. And then I realized: […]
On Writing Intersections by Karen F. Uhlmann
Years ago, I fainted, for no apparent reason, at a holiday party. One minute I was standing. and the next, I was on the floor. It was embarrassing and worrying. The next day, I was checked out by my internist, and there was nothing wrong with me. The fainting was a mystery, and there was […]
Interview with Lorraine Devon Wilke
We’re delighted to feature this interview with Lorraine Devon Wilke, whose novel CHICK SINGER came out April this year! Tell us about your beginning, where are you from? Originally from the Midwest, I was born in Chicago, grew up in small towns in northern Illinois, and am the third oldest of eleven kids in a […]
How I Help Young People with Anxiety in my Book: Vanishings
By Catharina Steel Children struggle with anxiety the same as adults, and it’s beneficial if they are taught how to manage this, possibly working with a specialist to figure out what tools work best for them, and in which scenarios. Young people aren’t necessarily equipped to manage stressful events when they happen, and this can […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Tori Eldridge Interviews Ranger Makalani Pahukula
Kaua‘i Storm Returning to Kaua‘i, park ranger Makalani finds her family divided and their way of life at risk in this culturally-rich and emotional adventure by the bestselling author of the Lily Wong series. After ten years away as a national park ranger in Oregon, Makalani Pahukula has come back to Kaua‘i for her grandmother’s […]
Pondering My Aviation Memoir After Three Fatal Plane Crashes
By Shirley M. Phillips One of the hardest tasks for me in finishing my memoir How Not to Fly an Airplane was choosing a title and cover. Although I suspect this is a challenge for many authors, for me it was compounded by the fact that my debut memoir is about my forty years of flying airplanes and teaching others how to fly. Although I […]
What Home Means
by Janet Clare I have recently been made aware that the title of my new novel, True Home seems to have struck a chord with many for whom the words hold very different meanings, most of which have nothing to do with, and are far beyond, the story of my novel. In my city of […]
Searching for Home Between Laughs, Deadlines, and the 1 Train
By Sara Hamdan I didn’t set out to write a novel. Not at the start. My first piece for The New York Times was about the rise of stand-up comedy in the Middle East. I was on assignment in Dubai, wearing my journalist hat—sleuthing out the funniest voices across the region, asking serious questions like, […]
Wild Women Write Poetry
Julia Thacker I was in the airport again, running for the gate to catch the first thing smoking – flying – from Boston to Dayton, Ohio. My father had fallen again, had been rushed by ambulance from his assisted living facility to hospital. Our troubled past hardly mattered. He was helpless. I was next of […]
Mining My Own Experiences to Create a Cult
By Alexandria Faulkenbury As an author about to publish my debut novel, I’m often asked about the inspiration for the story. And at this point in the roller coaster that is publishing a book, I have a standard answer: I’ve always been interested in cults, so I wanted to write about one. But that’s only […]
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