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The Whistle of Revenge – An Overview by KD Sherrinford
by KD Sherrinford After writing the first three books in my multi-award-winning Sherlock Holmes and Irene Adler Mystery Series, Song for Someone, Christmas at The Saporis and Meet Me in Milan, it was time to break away from my well-established formula. Those stories were historical mysteries with a romantic touch, but for my next novel, […]
The Voice That’s True to Only You
By Jordan Rosenfeld There’s a new voice growing louder and stronger every day, creeping into all of our lives like a toxic mold. It’s one you’ve probably encountered even if you don’t know it yet. It’s infiltrating everything around you, your apps, your commercials, your emails—especially your emails—from companies trying to sell you things and […]
How to Make Your Manuscript Shine
By Lorraine Zago Rosenthal As all writers know, publishing is a highly competitive business. Securing representation from a literary agent isn’t easy, and neither is landing a book deal with a small press or a large publisher. Although agents and editors expect to invest their time and effort into revising a fiction manuscript, they generally—and […]
It’s Never Too Late
By Laverty Sparks At this juncture of my life, I have acquired a major checklist. Workforce career completed…CHECK. Marriage for third time, and right time…CHECK. Healing from family lost: both loving parents, and now a sister/best friend…CHECK. Learn to live without children or grandchildren…CHECK. OK, I could add to this list, but I’m digressing away […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Liz Alterman interviews Molly Archer from A Different Type of Poison
A DIFFERENT TYPE OF POISON How much truth is worth telling? The Plot meets Disclaimer in a simmering, slow-burn domestic thriller and psychological suspense novel that explores the stories we tell, the secrets we bury, and the price we pay for both, perfect for fans of Sally Hepworth, Liane Moriarty, and Lisa Jewell. When a bestselling author receives […]
Career or Calling?
By Anese Miller I know I’m not alone in wondering from time to time, Why do we bother writing in the era of visual entertainment? Video, film and photography proliferate in many formats, capturing eyeballs on social media, in games and shows available on-demand. Why slave over a blank page, struggle to publish, and offend […]
The World’s Wealthiest Women: Fascinating Biographies of Heiresses, Royals, Entrepreneurs, and Entertainers: Excerpt
We are delighted to feature an excerpt from Fortunes and Fates—The Untold Stories of the World’s Richest Women by Marlene Wagman-Geller! Where wealth meets destiny, tragedy often follows. Heiresses have always dazzled with their unimaginable wealth, the cornucopia of fortune spilling opportunity at their feet. Yet, The World’s Wealthiest Women reveals through intimate historical biographies […]
Coming Home to Me: The Story Before the Story by Amal Hdhili
By Amal Hdhili Every story starts somewhere. Not always in a childhood memory or a grand epiphany, but sometimes in the quietest, most fragile moments — the ones we barely notice while living them. And every book begins with something small yet powerful enough to provoke us: a question, a crack in our confidence, a […]
Publish a Book, Lose a Friend by Laura Bonazzoli
By Laura Bonazzoli We shared everything. Over bowls of thick soup in our favorite café, we’d swap recipes and healthcare tips and stories: her father’s drinking, my father’s rage, our siblings who’d died too young, the misogyny we’d had to overcome. And we were both writers. I’d published more— academic and technical works, dozens of […]
Life as a WIP
By Nancie Abuhaidar WIP: abbreviation for work in progress or process: a piece of work or a product that has been begun but is not finished or ready –Cambridge Dictionary In the work in progress that is my life, it feels like I’m living the boggy middle of a first draft, a fact echoed literally in my current project. Since I self-published my debut, I’ve been working on the next […]
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