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Finding My Righteous Rage, or How a Political Spark and Ancient Archetypes Shaped My Book
I always knew I had a book inside me, but I didn’t know what it would be or when it would appear. Both my parents were authors; my father wrote a novel at the age of 21, and my mother wrote a couple of novellas later in life. Neither of them had any formal writing […]
Getting Creative With the Truth: Writing Blue Life By Mundy McLaughlin
“He is creative with the truth” was a phrase my father used to describe a nephew who, from the age of five, told incredible fictions about his adventures. One involved going deep down into the sea in a submersible when he had really been on a conventional beach vacation with his family. Blue Life, while […]
One Author’s Unique Challenge by Kerryn Harvey
Writing with only one hand was hard work, but celebrating at the end created an even bigger issue, for author Kerryn Harvey. Here, she tells her story. “I’m writing a book!” I excitedly announced on my social media platforms back in mid 2024. I had waited 11 years to feel like I was in the […]
Declining a Generational Inheritance: The Quiet Identity Work Behind Liberation from the Diet Prison By Regina Oswald
The Weight Was Never My Body The stone fit perfectly in my palm — smooth, cool, heavier than it looked. I was walking through a labyrinth in Vista, California, August 2021, speaking into that stone as the circles grew tighter and the center drew closer. Naming everything I wanted to release. Everything that had become […]
Election Antics & Historical Fiction by Maureen Brady
When researching my historical novel, Tessa’s Landing, I came across a piece about a New York City election that happened when my protagonist, sixteen-year-old Tessa, was still a greenhorn. She arrived in America toward the end of 1846, at the height of the potato famine. I was surprised to learn that election day then was […]
10 Things We Know About Enheduanna, the World’s First Named Author
Moments after stumbling across her name, I wanted to write about Enheduanna. I first encountered her while reading an article on Sargon the Great, her father and the world’s first emperor. Then, among Sargon’s five children, I saw her name: his daughter, Enheduanna, born a princess who became a high priestess and the world’s first […]
How an Anthology of Angry Witches Came to Be by Jamie Ryu and M.B. Thurman
When we first conceptualized our vision for Curses, Charms & Other Enchantments: Bewitching Stories of “Hysterical” Women, there was one thing we agreed on immediately: this would not be a light-hearted witchy romp. Of course, there is a place for those kinds of stories, and we love to escape into new realities, but this isn’t […]
The Process of Writing I Am Rare
I Am Rare began with my intent. From there, the story unfolded. After my son was diagnosed with a rare genetic condition, I knew there would come a time when he would ask why he was different. I knew I needed the words to help him understand himself through a positive lens. I also knew […]
Making it BIG as an Author by Dede Montgomery
Now that I have your attention, I’m sorry to burst your bubble. I am not here to share fine secrets about blowing your book or your bank account out of the water. Rather to tease into this idea. It often happens as I peruse various author groups on social media, I see someone newer to […]
Why I Couldn’t Stick to One Genre by Irene Wittig
For me, writing started with ceramics. I lived in Naples and loved the hand-painted ceramics I found all along the Amalfi Coast. I learned how to do it, and thought other people might like to learn too. So I wrote a how-to book with illustrations, instructions and projects. Chilton Books liked the idea and published […]
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