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My Road to Writing, Barbara Murphy
My Road to Writing, Barbara Murphy What makes a person write a book? To come up with a plot, characters, and a tale that holds the reader’s attention? Taking thoughts in your head and translating them on to paper, ultimately creating a novel? It isn’t an easy thing to do, and every author will have […]
The Inspiration behind Hidden Depths
Every family has its stories and mine is no exception. But in between the funny sayings, quirky behaviour and lost treasures, there is one that has always held my attention. My great-grandfather, Lawrence Beesley, survived the sinking of the Titanic. A fact made even more incredible because he was travelling second class, from where only […]
Interview with N. Griffin, author of TRIGGER
For fans of books such as Speak, The Hunger Games, and Educated, TRIGGER is a harrowing thriller, a tour de force young adult novel about a teen girl manipulated and isolated by her father. It would be an unbelievable tale, if it weren’t drawn from N. Griffin’s own childhood experiences. TRIGGER by N. Griffin (Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, March 29, […]
THE WEDDING VEIL by Kristy Woodson Harvey: Excerpt
New York Times bestselling author Kristy Woodson Harvey is bringing “her signature wit, charm, and heart” (Woman’s World) to her much-anticipated historical fiction release, THE WEDDING VEIL (Hardcover, March 29, Gallery). In the vein of Therese Anne Fowler’s A Well-Behaved Woman and Jennifer Robson’s The Gown, The Wedding Veil brings to life a group of remarkable women forging their own paths and explores the mystery […]
Inspiration for The Lightning Tree, by Lene Fogelberg
My Inspiration for The Lightning Tree, by Lene Fogelberg I love being in nature. For as long as I can remember I have enjoyed going for walks in the woods or by the sea. I grew up in a small coastal town in the south of Sweden, where the rural surroundings nurtured my love of poetry and reading. […]
How The Dinner Club came to be Served – Helen Aitchison
How The Dinner Club came to be Served – Helen Aitchison I didn’t read much in my 20’s and most of my 30’s. University, my career and life got in the way! Then I began reading again, after a colleague wrote a book about his time in the police. It resurrected the love I had […]
Veronica G. Henry interviews Mambo Priestess and Amateur Sleuth, Reina Dumond
The Quarter Storm Haitian-American Vodou priestess Mambo Reina Dumond runs a healing practice from her New Orleans home. Gifted with water magic since she was a child, Reina is devoted to the benevolent traditions of her ancestors. After a ritual slaying in the French Quarter, police arrest a fellow vodouisant. Detective Roman Frost, Reina’s ex-boyfriend—a […]
Character interviews: Veronica Gutierrez interviews Yolanda Avila from AS YOU LOOK
Veronica Gutierrez interviews Yolanda Avila from AS YOU LOOK Debut author Veronica Gutierrez introduces us to Yolanda Avila, a Los Angeles private investigator struggling with the intersection of grief, guilt, and latent psychic tendencies following the death of her mother. Her struggle peaks when she must solve her godson’s kidnapping and find her wife’s stalker, […]
Why the NFL Draft Is Like Querying Your Novel
Why the NFL Draft Is Like Querying Your Novel What do the NFL Draft and querying your novel have in common? More than you might think. (For those not familiar with American football, NFL stands for the National Football League, the professional association for football in the US, and the annual Draft is the way […]
Always Ahead of her Time, Pauli Murray’s Time is Now
Always Ahead of her Time, Pauli Murray’s Time is Now by Simki Kuznick People often ask me how I learned about Pauli Murray. They wonder how a White woman came to be interested in an obscure African-American civil rights activist who is barely mentioned in the history books. It started when I traveled to Ghana […]
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