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Where History Meets Fantasy by Meghan Le Fay
When I set out to write Wings of Life as an epic romantic fantasy, the last thing on my mind was sitting down to hours of research. I knew that I wanted the influence of medieval and Viking history to add color to the fantasy world I was creating, while still taking liberties of my […]
How Family Connections Inspired My Writing by Imogen Matthews
The inspiration for my new novel The Girl with Two Names came in a roundabout way through the chance discovery of a cousin I never knew I had. Through Anita, I was able to gain an insight into my Dutch heritage and unearth wartime stories I might never have discovered, and which have made it […]
How Writing a Memoir Changed My Writing Practice By Hilary Plattner
When I was ready to start writing my memoir about my mother and her suicide, I set out all of her papers that I had saved over the years. I had a lot of letters she’d written, several sets she wrote to different people, including her mother and my future father. I also had a […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Nan Sanders Pokerwinski
The Utterly Unacceptable Atrocity of Isabelle Marsden: A Novel Fans of Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine will be drawn to this tale of a woman whose search for a healing refuge leads instead to entanglements, discovery of untapped talent, and a found family that steers her back from the brink of madness. All Isabelle Marsden wants when […]
From the Lost and Found of Memories By Brenda Haas
“Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things.” — Cicero I’m an introvert (masquerading as an extrovert) with a ready supply of quiet, often sarcastic, one-liners. I’m good for a chuckle or two, on most days. Painfully awkward on others. Sorting through the “lost and found” of equally-awkward memories—growing up an only child raised […]
How a Garden Taught Me to Write by Alexis Lathem
“It occurred to me while picking beans, the secret of happiness” – Robin Wall Kimmerer It was the year I stepped out of one life and into another. Over the last summer I lived in the city, I began to volunteer on weekends at an organic vegetable farm just outside of New York City. I […]
The Secrets we Carry – And The Stories we Finally Tell by By Susan Simon
I loved being a principal — until I couldn’t stay For a long time, I carried my story quietly. On the surface, my career in education was progressing well. I was a teacher, then a principal, working across three schools in Queensland. I loved the work – the energy of a school, the sense of […]
My Writing Journey by Jane Costello
Way back in 2005, one day after submitting the first three chapters of what would become my debut novel, the phone rang. I was in my pyjamas. My three-month-old baby was in a bouncer next to me, having closed his eyes for the first time since 1 o’clock that morning. I hadn’t yet brushed my […]
New Collection Offers a Testament to the Power of Teens to Transform Pain into Creative Expression and Isolation into Connection and Community
Young people deal with a constant barrage of social media messages, relentless academic and peer pressures, and the threat of violence, including school shootings and ICE raids, on top of their own shifting hormones. No wonder the rates of anxiety and depression among teenagers continue to rise. Imagine the added burden for teens who have […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: H.Y. Hanna
Bestselling author H.Y. Hanna (over 500,000 copies sold) returns with her first psychological thriller, “The Taverna at the Edge of Night” (May 12, 2026), a sun-drenched, Greek island suspense novel about toxic female friendships and a girls’ trip gone dangerously wrong. Perfect for summer, this immersive destination thriller explores the dark side of “friendship breakups” […]
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