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How Celtic Ancestry Freed My Writing Voice
By L.A. McMurray Three days after my father’s passing, I received a comforting message that my dad was, and always will be, with me. Surprisingly, it was delivered by a hot-headed Irishman driving a Ford Mustang in a murder mystery movie from 1968. Luck of the Irish? Indeed. To begin with, my birthdate coincides with […]
NOBODY CARES ABOUT YOUR CAREER: Why Failure is Good, the Great Ones Play Hurt, and Other Hard Truths : EXCERPT
Erika Ayers Badan is a self-described career “nerd” who loves to work, and it shows. Badan was called a “token CEO” in the media—in reality, she is anything but: after marketing jobs at blue-chip companies like Microsoft and AOL, she became the first CEO of Barstool Sports, transforming a rough-and-tumble sports-and-betting brand and turning it […]
On and Off the Tweet by Jane Seskin
I’m a senior woman, a psychotherapist and author who still writes letters and sends Thank You notes. My cell phone and I have a custody agreement: 50% of the time I take it with me. For the other 50% it stays at home in its charger. When it goes somewhere with me, I tend to […]
TRANSFORMATION IS POSSIBLE: FROM UNSOLD MEMOIR TO A SERIES OF EXPERIMENTAL CHAPBOOKS
In June, I turned up at a friend’s house with a box of books from my publisher and a bag of props. We didn’t have a plan for my “unboxing video”, but we had three hours and a color story—hot pink, yellow, and black to match the covers. Improvising, we rushed through the house, trailed […]
Vermilion Harvest: Playtime at the Bagh by Reenita Hora: Excerpt
Reenita Hora is the unrivaled ‘Nora Ephron’ of South Asian storytelling, spinning yarns as eclectic as Mumbai’s iconic ‘Bhel Puri’ – a tantalizing concoction of flavors with an occasional bug for that extra crunch! Her stories star a motley crew of characters caught in the whirlwind of gloriously imperfect scenarios, all while stubbornly refusing to […]
Aleighsha Parke: On Writing
I first fell in love with storytelling when I was in elementary school. Reading and books were a big part of my childhood, and I always looked forward to creative writing assignments in school. But I never thought about trying to write my own stories until high school. It was a natural progression—I read hundreds […]
WILL WRITE FOR FOOD
By Christina Hamlett Over the course of 25 years, friends who broke bread at our dining room table never failed to suggest that the two of us should turn our culinary capers into a cookbook. In 2017, I took them up on the challenge and published Easy Eats and Frugal Feasts—a collection of fun recipes, […]
My Journey to Writing The MindShift Effect: Reflections and Tips for Aspiring Authors
By Mindy Vail Each of us is shaped by our unique collection of life experiences, both victories and setbacks, and I’ve had my fair share of both. The inspiration for this book came when I found myself at a crossroads after being laid off from a position I loved, surrounded by people I respected and […]
Pursuing a Rogue Route to Publishing
By Sandra L. Young In life, I tend to adhere to the expectations of polite modern society. But in my publishing journey, I’ve ended up pursuing a more adventurous, rogue route. For my three-book Divine Vintage series, I dared to defy genre, wrapping romances around historical mysteries and a ghostly sizzle. You may know that […]
YOU HAVE PERMISSION by Lindsey Pogue
By Lindsey Pogue, The Dauntless Author creator and Sci-Fi/Fantasy author I’ve been writing for over a decade, and in that time, I’ve discovered that many of my readers are also writers, or rather, want to be writers and published authors, but they are overwhelmed and afraid. It makes sense, right? People who read fiction want […]
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