Category: On Writing
Reality-Mirror Fiction?
By Anju Gattani What is fiction? Imagination? Creation? Or a mirror to reality? After investing 24 years (and still counting) in the Winds of Fire Series, living with Sheetal, Rakesh and a cast of 25+ characters in my head and on the page, I’ve learned that a different dimension exists. A universe like no other. This […]
Infidelity Rules by Joelle Babula: Excerpt
Infidelity Rules: A Menu For Disaster, The Perils of Loving Food, Wine, and Married Men “Infidelity Rules is a delicious escape. The complexities of love and wine pair for an emotional journey alongside characters navigating broken hearts and moral dilemmas.” -Audrey Ingram, author of The River Runs South QUINN DAVIS shatters the norm. She’s successful in […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Melissa O’Connor
THE ONE AND ONLY VIVIAN STONE The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo meets The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel in this enchanting novel about estranged lovers reconnecting over mysterious tapes found in an attic and the old Hollywood secret hidden within them. After her grandmother’s death, thirty-something Margot DuBois prepares to sell the house quickly so she can go back […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Linda Dahl
TINY VOICES For fans of Anne Tyler and Jojo Moyes, a tartly compassionate and contemporary tale of sibling love and conflict, marital challenges, and what personal fulfillment looks like—or doesn’t—in middle age. Mid-life: Its obligations and demands, its petty foibles and evasions. And sometimes, its crises. Dreams are deferred, shortcomings rationalized. Like favorite old clothes, […]
WAYWARD GIRLS by Susan Wiggs, Excerpt
From New York Times bestselling author Susan Wiggs, a wrenching but life-affirming novel based on a true story of survival, friendship, and redemption. Set in the turbulent Vietnam era in the All-American city of Buffalo, New York, six girls are condemned to forced labor in the laundry of a Catholic reform school. In 1968 we meet six […]
On Writing Feed Us with Trees: Nuts and the Future of Food
A few years ago, the title of a friend’s email caught my eye. “ACORNS ARE EDIBLE!” it read. The link below took me to a TEDx Talk by a woman in Greece who claimed that not only are acorns edible; they are a superfood. The woman went on: acorns are one of humanity’s oldest staple […]
The World Needs More Loners: A Love Letter to My Sixteen-Year-Old Son
The World Needs More Loners: A Love Letter to My Sixteen-Year-Old Son (Written in indelible ink because a Sharpie was all I could find in my bedside drawer at 3 a.m.). I love that you are somehow able to wash your hair without getting it wet or using shampoo. You sneak your laundry into my […]
Writing During Turbulent Times
By Jude Berman We are living in turbulent times. It would be hard to argue that’s not the case. Violence is surging around the globe as well as on local streets. Decency, compassion, and our sense of security are under attack. Democracy is on life support. At least, this is how the current state of […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Mary Kathleen Mehuron
DOWN ON THE SOUTH BEACH DRAG It’s 1972, and eighteen-year-old tomboy Maeve O’Connor must win a photography contest to escape her suffocating, conservative family and attend her dream school in Manhattan. But where will she find arresting subjects? Why, a washed up old seaside resort called Asbury Park, New Jersey—a place where sideshow entertainers, strippers, […]
Small Press Pages July 2025
Small Press Pages July 2025 Despite the evolution of the publishing industry to involve various players besides large publishers (i.e. hybrid, independent, and small publishers as well as digital and audio books), books released by large presses still garner most of the attention. This column hopes to shed light on some of the diverse books […]
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