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It’s Never Too Late
When it comes to writing fiction, I’m a late bloomer. Like, really late. I wrote my first historical romance novel when I was forty-six. So, what the hell have I been doing all those years? I like to think I was busy becoming a writer—I just took the looooong road. Or maybe just a really […]
If You Give a Writer a Book Contract, She’s Going to Want…Everything!
Eighteen months ago, I vowed that all I wanted was for any decent traditional publisher to offer me a book contract. I swore I’d be happy no matter how tiny the advance, how miniscule the press run, how scant the publicity, how few reviews, how many bookstore shelves it might not land upon. I’d be […]
Should You Rely On Memory?
When you’ve known a secret family story for four decades and you decide to transform the narrative into a historical novel, the big question is how much should you rely on memory and how much on documented research? In my case, the story my father told me was about our family’s original home in Nesvicz, […]
How The Italian Language Has Influenced My Writing
I have always considered myself a creative person, an artist and a designer. I have expressed myself through a variety of mediums — oil and acrylic and computer graphics — but I hadn’t defined myself as a writer per se. But that image of myself changed when I began to learn the Italian language fifteen years […]
The Joys of Editing
The first time I ever remember showing my dad something I’d written—I was in middle school, I think—he peered at the pages through his tortoise-shell specs, and then, when he got to the end, said, “Great job. Now go back and take out half the words.” He wasn’t exaggerating for comic effect. He literally wanted […]
Beyond Therapy: How Writing Emotional Detox Lead Me to a Better Path
Sherianna Boyle, MEd CAGS is the author of Emotional Detox: 7 Steps to Release Toxicity and Energize Joy (May 15, 2018, Adams Media, a division of Simon & Schuster) and founder of C.L.E.A.N.S.E Yoga. ™. She is an adjunct psychology professor, certified energy practitioner, yoga instructor, mother of three girls, and author of seven books; […]
Q and A with Debra Dean
Debra Dean is the bestselling author of four critically acclaimed books that have been published in twenty-one languages. Her debut novel, The Madonnas of Leningrad, was a New York Times Editors’ Choice, a #1 Booksense Pick, a Booklist Top Ten Novel, and an American Library Association Notable Book of the Year. Her new book, Hidden […]
Surviving A Book Launch As A Card-Carrying Introvert
I’ve always been a behind-the-scenes kinda gal. Maybe that was one of the reasons I was drawn to fiction – I thought it wouldn’t be “me” in the spotlight, it would be my books. That was before social media became the way of the world. I took to the writing life like a bear […]
From ‘The Foolish Wise Ones’ to Shingle Beaches – Inspirations for a Crime Novel
The Temptation, published in May 2018 by Accent Press, returns to the characters in my first crime book, Some Particular Evil, and to the stretch of Suffolk coast running from Dunwich, south to Orford. Aldeburgh, a small town between those two locations, is the focal point of The Temptation. Since my early twenties I’ve […]
How Food Writing Without a Recipe Inspired Me to Write Cookbooks
I spent my summers as a child making mango jam with my mother when I lived in the Philippines. There was no end to the mangoes that had to be peeled, mashed, squashed into a thick pulp. It was mom’s guidance that taught me to appreciate this tropical fruit and a love for cooking. Monica […]
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