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How My Vietnam Era Experiences led to my Novel
By Naomi E. Kennedy, Award Winning Author of “The Boy with the Best Laugh” After 13 years of writing and research, and one year of completing the editing and publication processes, I am finally here! The early years, (1966 – 1971). I watched friends go off to war never to see some of them again. […]
Collecting Facts for Daughter of Luharu
“I have been collecting facts for Daughter of Luharu for decades” – Monica Gupta Science says, cerebrum is made up of grey and white matter, comprising of cells and nerves, but mine I say is made of stories, events and characters – real and imagined. I am an introvert, a little marginalized in expressing emotions. […]
Writing Through Depression, Pushing Past Doubt: Inspiration for Discouraged Writers
Writing Through Depression, Pushing Past Doubt: Inspiration for Discouraged Writers by Tracy Shawn, M.A. No matter our profession, no matter our situation, a great many of us are dealing with depression. In fact, current research shows that the elevated rate of depression continues—and that it now affects one in every three American adults. But what […]
Interview with Polly Hamilton Hilsabeck
Polly Hamilton Hilsabeck’s novel AMERICAN BLUES came out earlier this month and has been getting great reviews! “Hilsabeck’s prose is vivid and urgent . . .” —Kirkus Reviews “The blues are black folks’ breathing through the grisly legacies of white malevolence and grotesque bloodlust in America. American Blues gives readers a haunting glimpse into the […]
Rediscovering Wonder by Laura Whitfield, author of Untethered: Faith, Failure, and Finding Solid Ground
Rediscovering Wonder by Laura Whitfield, author of Untethered: Faith, Failure, and Finding Solid Ground “Look at everything always as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time: Thus is your time on earth filled with glory.” Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Have you ever felt like you’ve lost your sense […]
Excerpt from THE HUMAN HERD: AWAKENING OUR NATURAL LEADERSHIP
THE HUMAN HERD, Beth Anstandig Part guidebook, part manifesto, part wake-up call, The Human Herd: Awakening Our Natural Leadership unleashes our mammal instincts with a framework for living, relating, and leading a more empowered life. We are human animals. Yet in the modern world, the natural signals of our mammal bodies are suppressed. Our instincts […]
The Inspiration Behind Open Deeply
As Will and Jada Pinkett Smith have become more transparent about their open relationship journey,it isn’t a shock to learn that one-fifth of the United States has engaged in consensual non-monogamy (CNM). Picking up where Janet W. Hardy’s The Ethical Slut left off, Kate Loree, LMFT, has penned the perfect self-help book to help couples tackle the ins and […]
Why I Wanted to Write An Upside-Down Sky
Linda Dahl ‘s riveting travel novel invites readers to challenge assumptions, discover their true selves, and broaden their horizons… AN UPSIDE-DOWN SKY (April 19, She Writes Press) follows Lidia, a blocked artist in her 60s, who goes on a tour to Namyan (a fictional country partially based on Myanmar/Burma) once it opens after a long dictatorship. Not only does […]
HILDE ON THE RECORD: MEMOIR OF A KID CRIME REPORTER Excerpt
Hilde Kate Lysiak, American journalist and founder of the Orange Street News, has been profiled by the New York Times, Columbia Journalism Review, NBC Today, the Washington Post and more. She’s interviewed former First Lady Michelle Obama for The National, is the youngest member of the Society of Professional Journalists, has a six-book series with […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: G.G. Kellner
HOPE, A HISTORY OF THE FUTURE (April 19, SparkPress) is the passion project of writer and artist G.G. Kellner and is truly unique as a philosophical cli-fi (climate fiction) dream of what could happen with our earth if we save it. In a literal and physical climate that is bogged down by hopelessness and worry, […]
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