Category: On Writing
Moo of Writing: a Guide for Creative Writers
Moo of Writing: a Guide for Creative Writers By Nan Lundeen Today we need a lightness of being. We need Wordsworth’s daffodils and the wisdom of Mary Oliver’s dog Percy whose bottom line on how to live her life after she asks his advice is “trust.” When three a.m. thoughts rummage around in my mind […]
Laila Ibrahim On Writing AFTER THE RAIN
AFTER THE RAIN Story behind the story Laila Ibrahim I was inspired to write this book after seeing protesters at a marriage equality rally in the late 1990s. I was struck by the group of teens and parents holding up signs declaring marriage should only be between a man and a woman. I imagined they […]
Anna and Jacqui Burns: A Unique Dynamic
Anna and Jacqui Burns: A Unique Dynamic We began writing together in lockdown as, living over two hundred miles apart, it was a good way of keeping in touch and sharing something we both enjoyed. Neither of us could have imagined that we would continue to write novels together. There are other writing duos, such […]
How Sharing Stories Can Save Lives: The Importance of Oral Storytelling in a Crisis
How Sharing Stories Can Save Lives The importance of oral storytelling in a crisis “In a chaotic world acquiring books is a balancing act on the edge of the abyss.” Wrote Walter Benjamin in Unpacking My Library. The same could equally be said about reading books. At the onset of the first UK Covid Lockdown […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: María Alejandra Barrios Vélez
The Waves Take You Home In this heartfelt story about how the places we run from hold the answers to our deepest challenges, the death of her grandmother brings a young woman home, where she must face the past in order to become the heir of not just the family restaurant, but her own destiny. […]
Writing, Legacy, and Things Left Behind
Writing, Legacy, and Things Left Behind Intersection and introspection are my words today. Life and its stories circle, entwine and intersect as I prepare to release a new memoir to the world. My stories and prose contain lessons learned and regrets: trust, loss, hardship, joy and legacy infused by the wisdom of life’s review. While […]
On Writing Rhythm and Clues
Texas is a place of extreme weather. Long, months-long dry spells are broken by torrential thunderstorms and heavy flooding. These terrifying yet exhilarating, life-threatening yet life-saving storms were a big inspiration behind Rhythm and Clues (The rhythm is gonna get you March 26, 2024 from St Martin’s Press). As a recovering ex-Texan myself, one of […]
Alysson Interviews Alycat
Alycat and the Sunday Scaries “Bourque’s entertaining and captivating story brilliantly showcases the importance of having supportive friends who encourage and uplift each other through life’s ups and downs. Their teamwork, kindness, and positive attitudes are not only admirable but also inspiring.” — The Children’s Book Review It’s Sunday, the day before the school week […]
Embracing Magic By Jennifer Moorman
Embracing Magic By Jennifer Moorman Magic has long been used in fictional stories, often as a plot device to move the characters from here to there, to solve problems that are otherwise unsolvable, and to explain why and how events unfold in a particular story. Often magic is used in a way that’s not defined, […]
Compiling Aranyani: An Indian Ecowomen Poetry Book by Editor Sonali Sharma
Compiling Aranyani: An Indian Ecowomen Poetry Book by Editor Sonali Sharma The northern mountainous state of Uttarakhand in India is quite famous for its environmental movements and leadership. The well-known Chipko Movement, in which women of the Garhwal Himalayas played a major role in saving the forests from being cut by the woodcutters, is a […]
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