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Practicing Inspiration
Can you really practice inspiration? We writers all want it, we all seek it, but mostly it seems to arrive on its own schedule, out of nowhere—a tiny light in the distance, or a sudden burst of joy, the sigh of relief and ahh, now I see! Here’s the right word, the missing image, the […]
Authors Interviewing Their Characters: Alison Hammer
Alison Hammer, author of YOU AND ME AND US interviews her character CeCe. Recommended for fans of Jojo Moyes and Marisa de los Santos, Alison Hammer’s debut ought to be sold with a box of tissues. When Tommy is diagnosed with stage four cancer, his partner Alexis and daughter Cece must face their differences and […]
My Downton Abbey-Like Family History and the Writing of Greedy Heart, a Novel
My Downton Abbey-Like Family History and the Writing of Greedy Heart, a Novel Descending from the inventor who brought electrical power to New York City. Having your portrait done by an artist who painted presidents. Living with a world-famous fashion model as your mother. Wondering if a hushed-up family suicide was really foul play. Sounds […]
Interview With Barbara Probst
Barbara Probst’s novel QUEEN OF THE OWLS (April 2020) is the powerful story of a woman’s search for wholeness, framed around the art and life of iconic painter Georgia O’Keeffe. QUEEN OF THE OWLS has been selected as one of the 20 most anticipated books of 2020 by Working Mother and will be the May […]
US and UK editors: Double the fun – and double the edits?
By Anika Scott International situations are normal for me. I’m American, I live in Germany, and my wonderful agent is based in the UK. When the book deals for my debut novel Finding Clara (UK) / The German Heiress (US) started rolling in, I hadn’t really given a thought to how the editors at the […]
Finding Myself at The Great Big Ball of Hair in Jefferson, Texas
Barbara Linn Probst If you know what I’m referring to in the title of this piece, then you’ve been to the Pulpwood Queens’ Girlfriends Weekend, and you probably have a good idea what this essay will be about. But if you haven’t, and don’t, then read on. On second thought, read on either way. The […]
My obsession with Emily Warren Roebling and the Brooklyn Bridge
She built a monument, then was lost in its shadow. My obsession with Emily Warren Roebling and the Brooklyn Bridge I grew up in northern New Jersey, and New York City was like Oz to us. Not being able to afford the fancy restaurants and shows, we did the free stuff. My father loved to […]
Thoughts on Writing in a Time of Global Grieving
Kerry Schafer, also writing as Kerry Anne King, is the author of nine novels, including the Amazon Charts and Washington Post bestseller family drama, Whisper Me This. Check out her new podcast, Write Healthy, Write Whole, featuring tips on mind, body, spirit and creative health for writers. Over the last few days I’ve been on an […]
Living and Writing and Faith: Dispatch from Self-Isolation, Day 30
All I want to do is have coffee with my parents under a shade tree. It’s day 30 of self-isolating in the era of Covid-19. I’m sixty-five and immunosuppressed (a double-organ transplant patient) so I started drawing back during my spring break from N.C. State. The first week, I went out for groceries and once […]
Researching Settings from the Comfort of Your Home
By Jennifer S. Alderson A well-described setting can elevate your novel and help transport the reader into the story. Incorporating the sights, sounds, smells, and tastes one would experience in a specific place is easier than you may think, even if you can’t travel to the settings you want to describe. Because let’s face it, […]
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