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Snark Comes to Spark by Ellen Notbohm
As I wake this morning after another night of badly broken sleep, I see my pencils sitting there on the nightstand in the half-light, their points dulled from the last time I used them. Which was—when? My weary thought is, I can’t write this morning. My pencils are dull. My pencils are pointless, literally and figuratively. […]
The Lost Book of First Loves, by RaeAnne Thayne: EXCERPT
THE LOST BOOK OF FIRST LOVES From New York Times bestselling author RaeAnne Thayne comes a brand-new story about two women, a family secret and a lost manuscript that changes everything… Raised by her literary icon father Carson Wells, Alison Wells always felt loved, even though her mother died when she was a teen. But when she […]
On Writing SweetSpot: Now and Then, by Marla Miller
By Marla Miller When women talk about sex, some blush. Some don’t. In ‘SweetSpot: Now and Then, my protagonist blushes. Set in 1999, Darlene Robinson’s story ends one year later, bookended by a writer’s conference she attends in the spring of that year and returns to the following spring. We meet her in midlife. Mostly […]
The Afterlife is Real: What I discovered while writing Dear Bobby: My Grief Journey and The Married Widow: My Journey with Bob Zappa
By Diane Papalia Zappa My husband Bob Zappa and I rarely spoke about an afterlife. He believed life on earth was the end, so there really wasn’t much to talk about. As for me, I wasn’t sure. I was open to the possibility, but wasn’t counting on it. Shortly after Bob passed away late in […]
The N8 Self: You are more than your Mind, Body, & Emotions, by Jules Kuroda: Excerpt
The N8 Self: You are more than your Mind, Body, & Emotions Loneliness is a situation that we create. The N8 Self invites the reader into holistic connection beyond just the mind, body, and heart and into the aspect of self we don’t talk much about, the human spirit. This powerful part of our human experience […]
STILL MESMERIZED BY THE TUDORS? MAYBE IT’S THE WOMEN
By Martha Jean Johnson The Tudors are trending, which is saying something for an English family that ruled five hundred years ago. Today, their lives fascinate all kinds of writers—in publishing, theater, film, and TV. And audiences are responding enthusiastically. For example: Philippa Gregory, Alison Weir, and Elizabeth Fremantle have crafted a slew of popular […]
Mental Illness Is a Family Affair
Mental Illness Is a Family Affair There’s no doubt that when someone has mental health challenges, it’s the hardest on that individual. However, it does also have a marked impact on those around them. And as much as a person with mental illness needs support, so do the people close to them who see their […]
Mining My Own Experiences to Create a Cult
By Alexandria Faulkenbury As an author about to publish my debut novel, I’m often asked about the inspiration for the story. And at this point in the roller coaster that is publishing a book, I have a standard answer: I’ve always been interested in cults, so I wanted to write about one. But that’s only […]
What I Learned About Grief and Grieving by Writing The Married Widow and Dear Bobby
Diane Papalia Zappa Prior to my 75 year old husband Bob Zappa’s passing away in 2018, I hadn’t thought much about grieving. And then suddenly his unexpected traumatic death from hereditary Amyloidosis plunged me deeply into it. In writing my two memoirs, The Married Widow: My Journey with Bob Zappa and Dear Bobby: My Grief […]
Why I Wrote the Novel I Needed to Read
By Jessica Guerrieri I didn’t set out to write Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea as much as it demanded to be written. It was the book I had searched for but never found—the story that might have planted a seed when I needed it most. It wouldn’t have saved me. I want to be […]
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