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HOT PANTS IN HOLLYWOOD: SEX, SECRETS & SITCOMS BY SUSAN SILVER
When I was on my book tour, discussing my show biz Memoir, Hot Pants in Hollywood: Sex, Secrets & Sitcoms, I always opened by saying….”The title was describing my wardrobe…not my behavior.” To those younger readers, who stlll are not sure what “hotpants” are…they were shorts often worn with boots and turtleneck sweaters by those of us […]
Writing Memoir: Sex Bomb
Sex Bomb It’s May 2020, I’m stuck at home – like the rest of the country. I’m a comedian and my industry that relies entirely on live audiences and venues, has ground to a halt. I’m single, I live on my own and don’t own any pets. I’m on Twitter, a lot, as it’s my […]
Writing Historical Fiction: Catherine Kullmann
With history becoming more and more of a niche subject at schools and universities, it is historical fiction that offers millions of readers a connection to the past, a past which casts long shadows. The first quarter of the nineteenth century – the extended Regency era – was one of the most significant periods of […]
How to Achieve Longevity in your Writing Career
By Carmel Harrington At the end of May, A Mother’s Heart will be published in the UK, Ireland, USA and Canada. And while every book publication is special, this one feels extra. Because it’s my tenth novel to be published in my tenth year as a published author. Double the double-digit celebrations. If I had a euro for […]
Claire McGowan: Writing THE VANISHING TRIANGLE
Having been a novelist for all of my writing life – more than ten years now – it never occurred to me I would write anything non-fiction. That seemed like a world for other people, academics and journalists. Like most novelists, I’ve written the odd article to promote my work, but always felt much more […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Marilyn Simon Rothstein
Speaking Of—And To—My Protagonist My new book, Crazy to Leave You, is published by Lake Union. Maddie Dawson, author of The Magic of Found Objects, said “Crazy to Leave You is the funniest book I’ve read in practically forever.” The protagonist, Lauren Leo, is a forty-one-year-old, scale-obsessed, advertising executive. She is the last of her […]
Which Brazilian Goddess Would You Call for Help?
Which Brazilian Goddess Would You Call for Help? Insights and an Excerpt from Dance Among the Flames As I was researching and writing my new dark fiction standalone, what fascinated me the most were the syncretic religions that blended African Yoruba, Indigenous Brazilian traditions, and Portuguese Catholicism. In the Umbanda religion—known as Candomblé in Bahia—mediums […]
Writing and the Art of the Gimmick by Susan Speranza
by Susan Speranza One recent Sunday afternoon, while doing my weekend errands I turned the car radio to NPR, just in time to hear a report about a university (somewhere in the Midwest) that forces its faculty to justify the existence of their programs, their courses, and their jobs by putting them through a “lifeboat” […]
On Writing, by Niamh Hargan
Remember back in March and April 2020, when we were all in our houses, and people were making banana bread? Maybe lunging along with Joe Wicks, or downloading Duo Lingo? I didn’t do anything of note during that time. And, by July, I was full of regret. If only I’d started back in March, I […]
The Inspiration for Blink of an Eye: The Joy of Revisiting a Misspent Youth by Louisa Scarr
The Inspiration for Blink of an Eye: The Joy of Revisiting a Misspent Youth Louisa Scarr How well do you remember your university years? Those first months away – the majority of your belongings still at home, reaching out with trepidation to these strange new people you have been thrust together with. Learning how to […]
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