Category: On Writing
Unearthed: The Lies We Carry & The Truths They Bury, EXCERPT
Unearthed: The Lies We Carry & The Truths They Bury In this searing memoir, Chanchal Garg reveals the spiritual and sexual abuse that shattered her sense of self and forced her to question a life defined by duty and sacrifice. Raised as a devoted Indian daughter, she was taught never to question authority-until a transformative […]
How Schools Make Race: Teaching Latinx Racialization in America by Dr. Chávez-Moreno: EXCERPT
Excerpted with permission from How Schools Make Race: Teaching Latinx Racialization in America by Laura C. Chávez-Moreno, October 2024, published by Harvard Education Press. On Friday, June 16, 2017, Amlie High School held its graduation ceremony. I had attended other high school graduations, including my own in Douglas, Arizona, a town bordering México, and five graduations […]
More Than Sales: How My Memoir Made Dreams Come True
By Debbie Russell I’ll always remember the not-so-sensitive comment the CEO of my hybrid publisher made when we were discussing which BISAC (Book Industry Standards and Communications) codes to assign to my book. “Memoir is the sludge circling the toilet bowl of book publishing.” A bit harsh for sure, but I’d received the same message […]
My Writing Journey by F. F. Mormanni
I recently had dinner with a screenwriting friend and we started talking about our earliest memories working on writing projects. As usual, I recounted writing my first fantasy novel as a teenager, in between practice sessions for concerts at Juilliard Pre-college and conservatory auditions. He reminisced about taking long walks as a child while listening […]
The Afterlife is Real: What I discovered while writing Dear Bobby: My Grief Journey and The Married Widow: My Journey with Bob Zappa
By Diane Papalia Zappa My husband Bob Zappa and I rarely spoke about an afterlife. He believed life on earth was the end, so there really wasn’t much to talk about. As for me, I wasn’t sure. I was open to the possibility, but wasn’t counting on it. Shortly after Bob passed away late in […]
Not The Perfect Victim: Excerpt
NOT THE PERFECT VICTIM: A Memoir of Surviving Violence, a Late Autism Diagnosis, and the Fight for Justice by Anna Kahill From Silence to Strength A story of trauma, rage, and reclaiming the right to be heard. Not the Perfect Victim: A Memoir of Trauma, Truth, and Reclamation What happens when you’ve survived the unthinkable—but […]
Debuting at 40: The Case for the Late-Blooming Author
By Amy Rossi Here’s a confession. Somewhere in the quiet period after selling my book – edits turned in, waiting on the next round – I got too curious. I googled the title and found it mentioned in an article about debut book deals. What was interesting to me was how debut was used interchangeably […]
Mrs. Endicott’s Splendid Adventure by Rhys Bowen: EXCERPT
Blindsided by betrayal in pre-WWII England, a woman charts a daring new course in this captivating tale of resilience, friendship, and new love by the bestselling author of The Rose Arbor and The Venice Sketchbook. Surrey, England, 1938. After thirty devoted years of marriage, Ellie Endicott is blindsided by her husband’s appeal for divorce. It’s Ellie’s opportunity for […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Jennifer Jabaley
WHAT’S YOURS IS MINE Determined daughters. Controlling mothers. There’s no such thing as friendly competition in a twisty novel of suspense about ambition, revenge, and unrealized dreams. Valerie Yarnell is a hardworking single mother who’d do anything for her daughter, Kate. Kate is a dancer with dreams of stardom, just like her talented best friend, […]
The Ballad of Speedball Baby: A Memoir by Ali Smith, EXCERPT
The Ballad of Speedball Baby is the thrilling, extremely funny, and heart-wrenchingly vulnerable story of Ali Smith—coming of age in ’90s New York—who commits to the messy, exhilarating life of a musician and must survive the slings and arrows society reserves for women who refuse to comply. As an only child reeling from the demolition of […]
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