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Bridging the Imagination Gap: The Importance of Diverse Role Models for Girls
Bridging the Imagination Gap: The Importance of Diverse Role Models for Girls 8″What do you want to be when you grow up?” This is a question that we have all encountered during our childhood. As someone who has always had an inclination towards the arts and humanities, I struggled to provide a fitting response and […]
THE LAST BEEKEEPER: Exclusive Excerpt
We are delighted to feature this exclusive excerpt from THE LAST BEEKEEPER by Julie Carrick Dalton! THE LAST BEEKEEPER Julie Carrick Dalton’s The Last Beekeeper is a celebration of found family, an exploration of truth versus power, and the triumph of hope in the face of despair. “Fans of Delia Owens will swoon to find their […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Kate Brandt
Author Interview for “Hope for the Worst” by Kate Brandt, published by Vine Leaves Press About the book: HOPE FOR THE WORST ★★★★★ “A thrilling journey into the heart of Buddhist thought on pain, truth, and desire… will pull you deep into the thorny beauty of American Buddhism—and leave you wondering and moved.” Blair Hurley, […]
Behind the Scenes of THE BEAUTIFUL MISFITS
Behind the Scenes of THE BEAUTIFUL MISFITS By Susan Reinhardt Other than a job as a supermodel, I can’t think of any career besides writing that whacks a person’s self-worth each time we put ourselves out there. Oh, how close I’ve come to the golden writing ticket, the one opening the gatekeepers’ doors. Oh, the […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Alison Schaffir
Authors Interviewing Characters: Alison Schaffir Your Dream for Me: Seventeen-year-old Scarlett, unlike her theatrically-gifted parents, is not one to spend time near a spotlight. Scarlett dreams of becoming a renowned fashion designer, where she can flex her creative talents away from a crowd. So it’s no surprise when she sneaks into her school’s costume shop […]
The Flash Novel: Flash Fiction Meets the Novel or Chocolate Meets Peanut Butter
The Flash Novel: Flash Fiction Meets the Novel or Chocolate Meets Peanut Butter For many years I was haunted by a story. I abandoned and revisited it endlessly. Each time I tried to write it kept bumping against the boundaries of the traditional novel: chapters, plot, back story, bulk, a finish line of 60,000 words. […]
Inspiration for my Cheese Shop Mystery series
Cheese. It’s classic. It’s comforting. It’s communal. It’s also having something of a Renaissance, in part thanks to social media. Who can resist watching a freshly melted Raclette scraped from its wheel and ooze onto crisped fingerling potatoes? Gatherings that once included a humble cheese platter now boast table-length charcuterie boards and elaborate cheese bars. […]
I Published a Book at Sixteen and Here’s How I Did It by Claire Fraise
I Published a Book at Sixteen and Here’s How I Did It by Claire Fraise, Author of Imperfect and the They Stay series When I was sixteen and I told people about my plan to publish my YA dystopian novel, I was met with many different reactions. That is so exciting! You must be so […]
How my Marketing Career Helped me to become an Author By Heidi McIntyre
How my marketing career helped me to become an author By Heidi McIntyre I had been a marketing consultant for twelve years when in 2013 I teamed up with a partner to start an agency specializing in fresh produce. Together, we brought in larger clients and not long after we began to hire staff. It […]
Don’t Forget to be Brave
Don’t Forget to be Brave Carmen Amato Scorpions loved our house in Central America. Tails curled with spiky malice and clad in brown armor, they made soft rustling sounds as they scuttled along the tile floor in search of shoes and draperies and other unexpected hiding places. Our housekeeper, whom I’ll call Doris, called my […]
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