Category: On Writing
Amal Hdhili Interviews The Red Heels
Amal Hdhili interviews The Red Heels from the short story “Heaven and Heel” in *Whispers from the Wardrobe* *Whispers from the Wardrobe* is a collection of fictional stories whispered through fabric, where each garment or accessory carries the echoes of the woman who wore it. The wardrobe becomes a narrator—silent, patient, and always watching—observing the […]
The Factory of Maladies: Seven Days on a San Francisco Psych Ward
In my recently published memoir, The Factory of Maladies: Seven Days on a San Francisco Psych Ward, I explore the stigma around mental illness, complicated family dynamics, and the danger of cults. The memoir is an intense and visceral journey of my week-long institutionalization; it illustrates my confusion and disorientation when I first awake, the […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Marina Cramer
By Marina Cramer WINNERS AND LOSERS Lily knows what she wants. She wants to know the meaning of the postcards her absent father sends her – cryptic words and images that reveal nothing of his life or feelings. Once she makes up her fourteen-year-old mind, she doesn’t hesitate to leave her grandmother and travel cross-country […]
DisElderly Conduct: The Flawed Business of Assisted Living and Hospice: Excerpt
Adapted from DisElderly Conduct: The Flawed Business of Assisted Living and Hospice by Judy Karofsky On my mother’s first evening in her third assisted living facility, the main dining room was filled with music, visitors, and a western-themed buffet celebrating the facility’s third anniversary. I was certain we’d hit the motherload of abundant care. Besides […]
I Won’t Tell, Promise
A Magician’s Daughter Exposes her Father’s Stage Secrets. And Why not? By Katy Grabel In fourth grade, I asked my father to teach me his best card trick for Show and Tell. When the day came, I performed it for my class. That night when my father asked how it went, I told him the […]
From Darkness to Light: The Story Behind Confused Girl: Find Your Peace in the Chaos
By Giovanna Silvestre My journey of writing Confused Girl, Find Your Peace in the Chaos started a decade ago when I found myself in a deep, dark pit of despair. This wasn’t just a phase; it was a heavy depression that felt like a shadow I couldn’t shake off. As I navigated through this time, […]
Ever Widening Circles & Mystical Moments by Jean Shinoda Bolen: Excerpt
We are delighted to feature an excerpt from Ever Widening Circles & Mystical Moments by Jean Shinoda Bolen(Chiron Publications | March 4, 2025), the long-awaited memoir by 89-year-old activist, author, psychiatrist, and Jungian analyst Jean Shinoda Bolen, MD, endorsed by Gloria Steinem and Isabelle Allende. While Jean Shinoda Bolen is an internationally renowned Jungian analyst, […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Mary Kendall
The Accidental Heiress In a quest to save her ancestral property, Margaret just might expose secrets that cost her everything . . . Horse farm owner Margaret O’Keefe is desperate to save her family farm, Needham Forest. So, when she hears a rumor about a hidden treasure on her land, she plunges into a search that uncovers more […]
Lacy Fewer – On Writing Yankeeland
I always knew I was going to write. As a young child, I was fascinated with how a book could transport you to a world where everything worked out in the end. I dreamed of being able to bring my love of storytelling to a wider audience. Writing is the lens through which I understand […]
When Talking’s Tough: The Magic of the Mother/Daughter Book Club
By Mima Tipper When I began writing Kat’s Greek Summer, I had a clear view of basing the story loosely on summers I spent in Greece as a young teen, and that the book would be saturated with sun-soaked locales and colorful Greeks. What I didn’t know is that my main character Kat, a 14 […]
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