Category: On Writing
The Queen’s Spade and Ugly Rage by Sarah Raughley
Hello Women Writers. Have you ever wanted to rage? I have. Oh so many times. Let’s see. When I’m told I’m a hag because I haven’t gotten married or had kids yet. Oh, when I’m shamed every year I get older. Oh, also that time I was on CNN and the only response a man […]
On Writing the Biography of Chilean artist Violeta Parra
On Writing the Biography of Chilean artist Violeta Parra I am the author of Thanks to Life: A Biography of Violeta Parra. Born in the early-twentieth century in a small town in southern Chile, Parra invented and reinvented herself to become a world-renown songwriter, composer, and visual artist whose work continues to resonate today. Her […]
Authors Interviewing Characters. Liza Monroy Interviews Mischa Osborn
THE DISTRACTIONS Solitary tech worker Mischa Osborn is mourning the shelving of her passion project—an artificial intelligence algorithm capable of love—when a chance encounter with a social media celebrity leads her spiraling into an all-consuming obsession. Simultaneously, someone—or something—is watching. Mischa Osborn spends her days as a ProWatcher—keeping distracted people on task and lonely ones […]
Inspiration Behind AT THE ISLAND’S EDGE by C.I. Jerez
by C.I. Jerez As cliché as it may sound, I remember the morning I woke up from an entire night of restful sleep with a question dangling at the edge of a dream. What if a young mother serving in the war as a medic and healer was forced to take someone’s life on the […]
Change is Great – Then, Again…
By Mary Flynn I’m fine with change. No. Really. I am. I even embrace technology. Honest. Except for group texting, I go for the whole thing. I’ve even grown comfortable taking the time to put five or six of those little faces at the end of a message. I learned early on from my friend’s […]
The Golden Era of Radio Drama – And the Women who Helped Create it
By Victoria Purman HarperMuse My novel THE RADIO HOUR is set in a momentous year in Australian history: 1956. It was the year the Olympics were staged in the southern city of Melbourne – the first time the Games had been held in Australia – and it was the year television broadcasting arrived. Australia was […]
My Marriage Sabbatical: A Memoir of Solo Travel and Lasting Love by Leah Fisher: Excerpt
A vibrant, honest, and unique travel memoir for readers who think they’re too old to “eat, pray, love,” My Marriage Sabbatical captures marital therapist Leah Fisher’s journey to maintain her marriage without forfeiting her own independence. She wants to travel the world; he wants to keep working. At sixty, Leah Fisher is ready to Love, Honor, and […]
The Jet-Set Age Enters Historical Fiction
By Camille Di Maio Like most historical fiction authors, the idea for a story strikes when I’m not looking for it and plants itself in my imagination, growing taller than other notions until towering over the rest and demanding attention. This was the case when I first had the idea for COME FLY WITH ME. […]
Murder Without A Duck, Claudia H. Long, Excerpt
Sal, a recently divorced and temporarily suspended lawyer relocates to the small town of Simpato in Northern California to her parents’ old home, vacant since their deaths. Looking for privacy, a reprieve from her life, and a fresh start, instead she’s quickly immersed into the small-town gossip mill of characters who all know more about […]
Writers and Friendship: Co-authoring a Series
By Patricia Sands It has been fifteen (wonderful, for me) years since my first novel, The Bridge Club, was published. One thought I always express when asked about the best things I’ve learned in this writing world is this: the global writing community is collegial, supportive, encouraging, and all about friendship in the commitment to […]
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