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My Story of “Overnight” Success By Kerrie Flanagan
My road to getting a traditional book deal was an overnight success—that took 20 years. When I look back, it seems like yesterday I got a call from an editor interested in publishing my first ever magazine piece and now two decades later, my book, Writer’s Digest Guide to Magazine Article Writing is being released […]
My Writing Process – A Very Personal Story
My new book – Forgive Me Not – is published by Canelo on 23rd July 2018. It heralds a change of direction. Before that HarperCollins published nine of my romantic comedies. It is a story about forgiveness and loss. About addiction and friendship. And it was inspired by a very personal journey I have just […]
My Love Affair With Books
My love affair with literature began when I was very young. In my house books were an important part of life, they were shared and enjoyed, treasures that could ferry you into infinite adventures. My grandmother gave me her old collection of first-edition Enid Blyton books, which, despite having been devoured by the whole family, […]
PART II Shooting the Movie, and the Effect on my Career
PART II Shooting the Movie, and the Effect on my Career (Read PART I HERE) The most important effect on my career was what I learned from the process. The next was the WOW factor. On the set in New Orleans, I recognized many of the actors from movies and TV programs and watched them […]
Interview with Louise Miller, author of The Late Bloomers’ Club
Interview with Louise Miller, author of The Late Bloomers’ Club By Jennifer S. Brown If your mouth watered as you read of the amazing pies made by Livvy in The City Baker’s Guide to Country Living, then you won’t be surprised to hear that the book’s author, Louise Miller, is a pastry chef in real […]
Why Writing Is A Form Of Meditation
I write because writing is how I make sense of my world. When I was eight-years-old and lived in Libya with my parents, I saw my neighbor and his four wives one evening: the wives sat in the back of his pick-up truck and the sheep sat upfront. When I asked why, I was told […]
How to Capitalize On An Unconventional (aka Crazy) Childhood
Long before American television was saturated with CSI and Forensic Files, I was living my own weekly CSI adventure with my family in northern Michigan. My father was a medical examiner for three counties and my mother assisted as his office manager. They ran the office out of our home because the county was underfunded. […]
Cooking And Writing
I’m at one of those spots in my book where I’ve made a wrong turn somewhere, and I don’t quite know what the mistake is. Maybe a character did something wrong. Maybe a scene has veered off-track. Maybe a backstory bit that’s not going to work with the emerging story. Something. And until I figure […]
Reinventing Yourself When Your Career Crumbles
Most industries have their ups and downs. You’re getting into the swing of your job at the bank, you’ve just been promoted, and an economic shift means they close your branch and if you’re lucky, you have to add an hour to your daily commute. If you’re not lucky, you have no job left. But […]
Authors Interviewing Their Characters: Jacqueline Friedland
We asked Jacqueline Friedland if she would be willing to interview Abigal Milton, the main character of her novel TROUBLE THE WATER. Set against the vivid backdrop of Charleston twenty years before the Civil War, Trouble the Water is a captivating tale replete with authentic details about Charleston’s aristocratic planter class, American slavery, and the Underground Railroad. […]
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