Category: On Writing
There Will Be A Quiz
By Kate Woodworth “Remember mud football on the quad?” our Trinity College (Hartford) reunion chair, Henry Bruce wrote last fall when trying to drum up enthusiasm for our 50th. “The Sha-Na-Na concert?” Nope. In my four years of college, I attended zero sporting events. I don’t know what mud football is and have no desire […]
Writing about War and the Homefront by Anne Vines
by Anne Vines In my early days of writing fiction, I did not set out to write about war. But perhaps because I was born a few years after World War Two ended, it was a fascination in my reading and film watching, so I should have expected it to well up sometime into my […]
The Many Incarnations of the Girl in a Red Silk Sari
By Sharon Maas Of all my sixteen novels, Girl in a Red Silk Sari has the most tumultuous history: a twenty-something year backstory that has seen it jumping from publisher to publisher, from incarnation to incarnation, from title to title; almost as if searching for an identity of its own. A final identity, now found. […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Lori Roy
THE FINAL EPISODE When a true crime series chronicles the tragic childhood summer that changed her life forever, a young woman must grapple with the truth about her father…and herself. Jennifer Jones and her best friends spend every summer at Big Cypress Swamp, and this summer, Jennifer will finally turn eleven. She hopes to gain […]
On Writing my Hybrid Memoir
By Amy Mackin Author of Henry’s Classroom: A Special Education in American Motherhood My son, Henry, was diagnosed with developmental delays at 16-months old. That determination was an inflection point that started me on a journey to understand America’s special education laws and systems. As I learned about and sought access to the federal, state, […]
Taking the Waters by Ann H. Gabhart
When I began thinking about a Kentucky setting and interesting background history for my story, The Pursuit of Elena Bradford, I decided to let my characters “take the waters” at one of the over seventy mineral springs health resorts in Kentucky in the 1800s. I settled on Graham Springs because of its national reputation at […]
Interview With Miriam Gershow, author of Closer
We are delighted to feature this interview with Miriam Gershow, whose novel CLOSER is out now! Can you tell us a little bit about your writing journey? My writing journey is straightforward: I’ve been writing fiction since I was a kid and 40+ years later, I’m still at it. My publishing journey is a little […]
The Untended by Mattea Kramer: Excerpt
Against the backdrop of an ongoing addiction crisis and evolving mental health crisis — now especially for parents — the Sackler family and Purdue Pharma are back in the news with a new settlement offer for their role in fueling the opioid epidemic; while the United Nations has sounded an alarm about what it calls “the burnout economy: poverty and […]
The Fairy Tale Heroine’s Journey: A Structure for Writers
by Kate Farrell Tired of the hero’s journey that dominates our cultural narratives? Explore the exceptional and unique challenges of the heroine’s journey as depicted in ancient, feminine myths and fairy tales. Learn how to use the heroine’s quest in your creative writing for any genre: fiction, nonfiction, memoir, and more! Using the circular narrative […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Lee Adams
LOVE ON TOUR For fans of Jennifer Weiner and Helen Fielding, a debut contemporary women’s fiction novel about a woman in the country music industry navigating the ins and outs of friendship, love, jealousy, and life on tour. Who knew a broken heel and bad fall would result in falling in love? Though she has her dream […]
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