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Interview with Amy Jean
Amy Jean is a dreamer, a poet, mother, and writer sharing compelling stories. As a poet and writer, she has written numerous books. The Kingdom has Arrived: Foundations Volume 1, her debut memoir, is a compilation of poetry and prose that details her mystical and otherworldly encounters, including physical manifestations, visions, locutions, prophetic dreams, and […]
A Character Interview: Lenore Gay
Joss and Phil’s already rocky marriage is fragmented when Phil is injured in a devastating fire and diagnosed with Capgras delusion—a misidentification syndrome in which a person becomes convinced that a loved one has been replaced by an identical imposter. Faced with a husband who no longer recognizes her, Joss struggles to find motivation to […]
On Writing MATRIMONY, INC.: From Personal Ads to Swiping Right, a Story of America Looking for Love
I’ve always been interested in the history of the everyday. My first book was about the pineapple – yes, the pineapple! It may sound like a joke, but it was based upon my Cambridge University dissertation on the subject which revealed that the pineapple was one of the most potent status symbols of the eighteenth […]
Downton Abbey On Repeat
No one is allowed inside the veterinarian office due to state regulations during the pandemic. The parking lot is full. Car hatchbacks swung up to the sky, doors left open, a stray foot extended into a spot of late-afternoon sun. Because it’s hot many keep their doors closed, the cars running. We are waiting for […]
Inspiration For The Best Part Of Us
My first memory of reading amazing works of fiction was in junior year of high school. Mrs. Barnes started the semester with E.M. Forster’s A Passage to India, moved on to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, and ended with A Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce. Yikes. I’m sure I […]
My Writing Journey: Saz Vora
I’ve wanted to write this story for a long time, it will be twenty-eight years since it began. The prequel is part of the two novels in the University Series – Reena and Nikesh, Book One My Heart Sings Your Song was released in January of this year. It is a romance with references to […]
AUTHORS INTERVIEWING THEIR CHARACTERS: DANIELLE WONG INTERVIEWS AMELIA COLE
AUTHORS INTERVIEWING THEIR CHARACTERS: DANIELLE WONG SWEARING OFF STARS tells the story of Amelia Cole―Lia for short—one of the first women studying abroad at Oxford University in the 1920s. Finally free from her overbearing Brooklyn parents, she finds a welcome sense of independence in British college life. Lia quickly falls for Scarlett Daniels, an aspiring […]
Writing about Bladder Problems: it’s a Piece of Piss!
By Dr Jennifer Meyer Everybody has a book lingering inside them, right? So why did I finally decide that mine had to be born now? I invite you to the conception of Piss to Bliss: Agony. Bloodbath. Ambulance. It’s 4 am on the morning of my birthday 2018. I’m on holiday alone in Spain, sitting […]
Self-belief vs Self-delusion
“One of the hardest parts of writing is walking that line between self-belief and self-delusion.” I spotted this tidbit on Twitter the other day and it struck a chord with me. As writers, we often hear talk of a lack of self-belief as the “imposter syndrome.” Most of us experience it, if not on a daily […]
On Writing a Series by Nan Reinhardt
Author Anne Lamott tells a story about a time when her little brother was overwhelmed with a science project that he’d put off until the last minute. It involved cataloguing birds. The night before it was due, he turned to his father and, in despair, asked, “How will I ever get this all done?” His […]
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