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Readers Teach Me About My Novel Patterson House
Readers Teach Me About My Novel Patterson House I’ve dreamed of talking about my historical novel, Patterson House, with actual readers for years and now that it is in bookstores, I finally have the opportunity. I love the process of letting the work go into the world and seeing what it will become in the […]
The Stories in Me by Shirley Russak Wachtel
The Stories in Me Shirley Russak Wachtel I have always loved books. An unusual statement considering I was never read to as a young child, nor did my parents accompany me as I wandered down the aisles in the children’s section of the library, scanning the covers. As Holocaust survivors newly arrived in Brooklyn, New […]
A Candid Conversation about Publishing
A Candid Conversation about Publishing Every author’s journey is different. There is no clear path, but there are some questions I asked myself along the way that made a difference in turning my dream into reality. It is my hope you ask yourself these same questions and propel your writing career forward. Why am I […]
The Origin Story: Untangling Your Marriage, A Guide to Collaborative Divorce, by Nanci A. Smith
The Origin Story: Untangling Your Marriage, A Guide to Collaborative Divorce, by Nanci A. Smith I love to write. I also love helping people through their divorce process. In 2005, I was introduced to the concept of Collaborative Divorce, an interdisciplinary, voluntary, out of court divorce settlement process. I was attracted to the concept of […]
READING WITH ROCHELLE WEINSTEIN: DECEMBER
Hello Readers & Friends, I hope you’re enjoying the holidays with loved ones and a good book! As we head into 2023, here are some recent reads to add to your TBR. The Vibrant Years, Sonali Dev, eBook This was one of my featured NBC 6 Picks for December. Three fiery women—all at different stages […]
Gifts from Fellow Writers Lift Author’s Spirit During the Holidays
Women Writers, Women’s Books post by Kim Cano: Last Christmas, my plans consisted of one thing: getting a mastectomy. I’d been diagnosed with the most aggressive form of breast cancer earlier in the year and had recently completed sixteen rounds of chemotherapy. The surgery had to be done four to six weeks after chemo ended, […]
A WRITERLY ADVENTURE By Rachel Dacus
A WRITERLY ADVENTURE By Rachel Dacus Writers are always seeking time and space in which to create. We go to writers’ retreats to step away from our routines, but the last place I expected to gain time and inspiration was in a hospital bed. One day, while I was talking to a friend, the left […]
Inspiration from the Past
Let me introduce myself. My name is Jody Herpin and I’m the author of my first published novel, Relative Consequences, released on March 12, 2022. I wrote another novel, Weather Permitting, but decided not to publish it at that time. I live in Metro Atlanta with my husband, Mike, and our Mini-Aussie, Bella. I enjoy […]
The Long Night and the Golden Sun: Behind Saturnalia
The Long Night and the Golden Sun: Behind Saturnalia by Stephanie Feldman In 2017, I attended a Halloween performance of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Masque of the Red Death at the Mütter Museum, Philadelphia’s famous exhibit of medical oddities. It felt like the end of the world, then, or at least the world as I’d […]
Crime vs. Feel-Good Fiction
Crime vs. Feel-Good Fiction “Write what you know” wasn’t a concept in my life when I was a child. I was in the Brownie Guides, about to start working on my first ever Brownie badge – the Writers’ Badge, the only one that didn’t look scarily impossible to my seven-year-old self. I had to write […]
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