Category: On Writing
Writing for the Long Haul: Notes from the Trenches
By Lucy Burdette In August, The Mango Murders, the fifteenth book in my Key West Food Critic mystery series, will be published—a milestone that astonishes me in some ways and feels completely natural in others. I grew up devouring mystery series. Every week, my mother took us four kids to the library, and we’d come […]
Reading Challenges? Count Me Out
Ellen Notbohm How many books did you read this month? Last year? How many minutes do you spend reading each day? How many pages? Howmanyhowmanyhowmany? Simple answer: I don’t know. Somewhere north of 100 books a year. I no longer keep score. But you’re an author! Don’t you keep a list? True dat, I’m an […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Amy Blumenfeld
SUCH GOOD PEOPLE By Amy Blumenfeld It’s 10 p.m. on a Thursday in the spring of her freshman year of college, and April is standing at the back of a crowded Manhattan bar waiting for her friend, Rudy, to arrive. Their eyes lock the moment he walks into the room, and in an instant, lives […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Claire Barner
MOONRISING A debut near future romance, where Sea of Tranquility meets Winter’s Orbit, told against the backdrop of the Moon’s first lunar colony, with a multicultural and LGBTQ+ cast, about a cynical agronomist and charming Emirati businessman who fall in love, and battle eco-terrorists. In 2073, controversial agronomist Dr. Alex Cole has dedicated her life to mutagenetic food, […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Kathryn Nolan
THRILL OF THE CHASE – Kathryn Nolan When rivals Harper and Eve are forced to team up on a high-stakes treasure hunt, sparks fly, secrets unravel, and the biggest prize might just be their hearts. Reporter Harper Hendrix is chasing a career-making story—and the legendary Blackburn Diamonds are her ticket to the top. She’s smart, […]
On Writing SweetSpot: Now and Then, by Marla Miller
By Marla Miller When women talk about sex, some blush. Some don’t. In ‘SweetSpot: Now and Then, my protagonist blushes. Set in 1999, Darlene Robinson’s story ends one year later, bookended by a writer’s conference she attends in the spring of that year and returns to the following spring. We meet her in midlife. Mostly […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Kimberly Belle
THE EXPAT AFFAIR An American expat‘s startling discovery plunges her into the glamorous but deadly world of Amsterdam’s diamond industry. Following a nasty divorce, Rayna Dumont came to Amsterdam for a fresh start. She’s never been the type for a one-night stand, but this move is all about adventure, and Xander is handsome and successful […]
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 […]
Lora Chilton in Conversation with Ah’SaWei WaTaPa’AnTam (Golden Fawn)
Lora Chilton and Ah’SaWei WaTaPa’AnTam (Golden Fawn) 1666: A Novel The survival story of the Patawomeck Tribe of Virginia has been remembered within the tribe for generations, but the massacre of Patawomeck men and the enslavement of women and children by land hungry colonists in 1666 has been mostly unknown outside of the tribe until […]
Reading With Rochelle Weinstein: June
Hello Readers & Friends, All this talk about summer reading, and I fell short in meeting my quota for the month. Sigh. While I traveled in June—the perfect time to get lost in a book—I disconnected and focused on the moment. Which was pretty amazing. But nine is still a good number, and these […]
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