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Where Are You? by Carole Duff
Housebound on a rainy day, my sisters and I play hide and seek. While one sister covers her eyes and loudly counts to ten, I tip-toe into our parents’ bedroom and open the closet door. The left side of the narrow closet has a double row of dowels, the nearest for in-season clothing, stored coats […]
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 […]
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 […]
On Writing Memento Mori by Eunice Hong
Memento Mori revolves around different interpretations of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, as told by a Korean woman to her younger brother. In its simplest and most well-known form, the story goes something like this: On her wedding day, Eurydice dies of a snakebite. Grief-stricken Orpheus, newly wedded and widowed, descends to the underworld […]
On Writing The Aftertime
I despise it when my own logic is used against me. I especially detest it when the person using my words to prove their point is one of my children. That’s how I started on this road to getting my book published. I was preaching to my youngest son, Atticus, about how he should travel […]
Looking to the Past for Inspiration
By H L Marsay This August sees the release of The Mystery of the Missing Frenchman, the third book in my Lady in Blue series. The series was inspired by the brave suffragettes who began volunteer patrols to support the police when the First World War broke out. However, I stumbled across these amazing women […]
My Transformation from ‘Slob’ to ‘Snob’— and Why I Wrote It Down
“Girl, ye getting above ye’ raisin’.” That’s what I was told. Anytime I talked about my dreams of being wealthy and successful, I was shot down with that statement. Wanting more was wrong. Wanting more meant I was a stuck-up snob. Being socialized in rural Kentucky has its fair share of disadvantages, especially growing up […]
Interview with Joselyn Takacs, Author of Pearce Oysters
We are delighted to feature this interview with Joselyn Takacs. Her debut novel, Pearce Oysters, a family drama set during the 2010 BP Oil Spill, is out now. Tell us about your beginning, where are you from? I grew up in Virginia Beach, Virginia. How did your childhood impact the writer you’ve become? I was […]
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