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How My Father Impacted My Writing
How My Father Impacted My Writing It’s another early morning at my writing desk. The house is quiet. The coffee is cold. Two months ago, my father was admitted to the hospital and never came home. Each time I write I come to the same scene: the moment when I shouted for a hug on […]
Writing my Way Through Trauma
I never kept a diary or a journal. Writing was never my thing. I am a talker. Put me in a room with people and I will talk non-stop. Don’t get me wrong, I like to write, but it was never something I really did. All that changed in 2010. I was pregnant with my […]
Want to Write Book Reviews? Some Helpful Questions to Get You Started
Want to Write Book Reviews? Some Helpful Questions to Get You Started Erin Flanagan I first started writing book reviews seriously in 2015 when I was burned out from writing fiction and looking to get back to my original love of reading. For me, book reviews were a way to support other writers, champion their […]
United by Books: Lessons From a Bookseller-Turned-Author By Nicole Magistro
United by Books: Lessons From a Bookseller-Turned-Author By Nicole Magistro Indie bookstores feel like home – for 15 years I owned a bustling shop in an upscale resort town in Colorado. We thrived on building community, hosting events, and hiring friendly and voracious readers who loved to talk about books. During my tenure, I worked […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Raquel V. Reyes
Raquel V. Reyes interviews Miriam Quinoñes, food anthropologist, cooking show star, mother, and reluctant amateur sleuth in her Caribbean Kitchen culinary cozy debut, Mango, Mambo, and Murder. Raquel: Hola, Miriam. ¿Como estas? Miriam: I’m great. Thank you. Raquel: Can you tell the readers where this interview is taking place? M: Claro. We are sitting in […]
Healing Through Writing
In retrospect, my learning of my mother’s unexpected death played like a scene out of a Lifetime movie. Torn from sleep by someone banging on my front door, I threw on my robe and rushed downstairs. I saw a police car parked outside and a uniformed officer on my porch. Groggy and confused, I opened […]
Rewriting the Most Important Story of All: The Story of You
By Darcy Eikenberg When someone says, “Let me tell you a story,” what do you do? If you’re like most of us, you pause, lean in, and prepare to listen. Stories are an essential part of any country, company, or culture, and they’re part of you and me, too. In corporate environments like the ones […]
From Professional Fundraiser to Author of a How-to Guide on Philanthropy
For nearly three decades, I devoted my career to the nonprofit sector…as a volunteer, staff member, executive, and board member. Two of the best jobs I had were leading the national women’s philanthropy programs for both the American Red Cross and United Way. Those organizations mobilize over 70,000 women and raised over $2 billion. I […]
Living Large: A Poet Finds a Second Home in Personal Essays
“You’re a miniaturist,” the poet Molly Peacock told me years ago. In preparation for her Sunday afternoon workshop, she’d asked everyone to send her ten pages of work. “We’re not here to discuss what’s wrong with our poems, or how to make them better,” Molly explained. “We’re here to discover our habits and proclivities. We’re […]
The Space in Between: An Empath’s Field Guide by Signe Myers Hovem
by Signe Myers Hovem One of the blurbs offered for my book The Space in Between: An Empath’s Field Guide generously states that I “put words to the wordless,” which honestly, was the most gratifying praise I could have received. It also partly explains why it took me so long to write my book—nearly ten […]
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