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A New Take on #MeToo: On Writing What We Never Say
A New Take on #MeToo: On Writing What We Never Say By Paulette Stout The #MeToo movement unfolded before our horrified eyes. It was an abomination many suspected—or outright knew–was happening—but did nothing to intervene. Yet hidden within that darkness were still more stories. Tragic stories of abused men, each sounding eerily familiar. Unlike the […]
Finding My Footing as a Career-Books Author
Finding My Footing as a Career-Books Author By Vicky Oliver I always dreamed of being a writer. The issue was, I could not afford to be one. My mother and stepfather told me that I couldn’t, and I believed them. They urged me to try to get a job where I would be paid to […]
Why I Wrote Closer To Ok
I have two scars on my forearm, nearly invisible where I pressed a knife to the skin, just hard enough to draw blood and not do any real damage. I couldn’t go through with adding pressure to the cuts. The protagonist in my novel, Kyle, does go through with it, though, and lands in a […]
A Twist of Fate By Karen Rose Smith
When I was in my thirties, I thought I knew what my life would be. I was married with a son. I thought I’d be teaching or act as a lay editor for a school district until I retired. But… Life’s journey is made up of twists and turns I’d only begun to realize. I’d […]
The Forgotten Women Who Inspired THE THREE LIVES OF ALIX ST PIERRE
New York Times and USA Today best-selling author of The Paris Seamstress , The Paris Orphan and The Paris Secret , Natasha Lester offers us a fascinating tale of another daring woman in THE THREE LIVES OF ALIX ST. PIERRE ( Grand Central/Forever; January 10, 2023 ). An orphan turned WWII spy turned fashion icon […]
A Writer’s Revision Obsession
A Writer’s Revision Obsession Types frantically at keyboard… Rereads and deletes… Sighs… Just one more edit… before submitting to critique partners, beta readers, agents, publishers. Yes, I’m that writer—desperate to tweak a sentence or adjust a character’s dialogue one last time. Perfectionist is a generous word to describe this obsession; anal-retentive is more accurate. Ring […]
ONLY WITNESS
Years ago, my husband and I attended a high school cross country meet in the middle of a heat wave. There wasn’t a single tree on the racecourse, so for just over three miles the athletes ran without cover from the sun. Many crossed the finish line and collapsed, delirious with heat stroke. My husband, […]
Are You Making Less Money with Your Writing at the Moment? You’re Not Alone
Not long ago, I got my twice-yearly royalty check from my indie publisher. I had looked forward to being wowed by the amount since my book had become a TV movie on Lifetime. “Can’t wait to see how the sales increase,” said everyone in the periphery who gave my own hopes a voice. […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Jen Comfort
Jen Comfort’s MIDNIGHT DUET (Montlake; 1/10/23), an electric, sexy retelling of The Phantom of the Opera, should be on your reading list! And yes, Jen did create a companion Spotify playlist. In MIDNIGHT DUET, diva Erika Greene has it all: a starring role on Broadway, legions of fans, spectacular natural talent. But when an accident drops curtains on her career, she retreats to Paris, Nevada, […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Fran Hawthorne
FRAN HAWTHORNE interviews MIRANDA ISAACS from her novel I MEANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE BOOK: When Miranda Isaacs’s fiancé, Russ Steinmann, is being vetted for his dream job in the U.S. attorney’s office, the couple joke about whether Miranda’s parents’ history as antiwar activists in the Sixties might jeopardize Russ’s security clearance. But as […]
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