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Writing CARRY ME: stories of Pregnancy Loss

Writing CARRY ME: stories of Pregnancy Loss

When I started miscarrying, only two people besides me and my husband Joe knew about the pregnancy. A week in, I still hadn’t told anyone else besides the dozen hospital staff who’d attended to me, concerned it was an ectopic pregnancy. Not even Mom knew, more therapist/bestie these days than parent. I knew I should […]

June 7, 2022 | By | Reply More
The Other Sister—A Birth Order Story

The Other Sister—A Birth Order Story

By Nan Reinhardt In my new novel, Falling for the Doctor, the hero Max Lange is the classic youngest child. Carefree and always wanting everyone to be happy—living in an imaginary world where life is exactly as it should be, believing the best about people, whether they deserve it or not.  It was interesting to […]

Author Taylor Hahn interviews THE LIFESTYLE’s Georgina and Nathan about their experience joining the NYC swingers’ scene

Author Taylor Hahn interviews THE LIFESTYLE’s Georgina and Nathan about their experience joining the NYC swingers’ scene

Authors Interviewing Characters Author Taylor Hahn interviews THE LIFESTYLE’s Georgina and Nathan about their experience joining the NYC swingers’ scene About the book:  THE LIFESTYLE follows Georgina Wagman’s adventure as she dives headfirst into New York City’s swinger scene in an attempt to save her marriage. Does she know what she’s in for? Spoiler: Not […]

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How Writing A Memoir-in-Essays Saved My First Failed Book

How Writing A Memoir-in-Essays Saved My First Failed Book

How Writing A Memoir-in-Essays Saved My First Failed Book By Jody Keisner When people ask me how long it took to write Under My Bed and Other Essays, I tell them five years, but that isn’t the whole story. I had to write and fail at another book for seven years first. (Twelve years total, […]

Wellspring: Finding Your Story Inspiration by Rachel Dacus

Wellspring: Finding Your Story Inspiration by Rachel Dacus

Wellspring: Finding Your Story Inspiration by Rachel Dacus Some say sadness is the wellspring for creative inspiration, but for me it’s often curiosity. I found the inspiration for my recent novel, Undoing Time, following a whim into a Google search on my phone. I still can’t believe the entirety of a novel arose from idleness […]

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Inspiration Behind DANGER TO OTHERS

Inspiration Behind DANGER TO OTHERS

I always thought I would become a therapist, helping people like me—late bloomers with difficult relationships. Instead, I spent my career working with people experiencing serious mental illness. I have a knack for forming relationships with young men whose voices tell them to assault, old women kicked out of nursing homes, and overwhelmed youth who […]

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Jacquelyn Mitchard on her Unusual Writing Process

Jacquelyn Mitchard on her Unusual Writing Process

Doing it My Way I’m fairly certain that most other people who write novels don’t write novels in the way that I write novels. Having met a good many writers in my life, I’ve been able to count up exactly one other who follows the steps I follow to complete a narrative. It’s eccentric.  It’s […]

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Interview with Elissa Grossell Dickey

Interview with Elissa Grossell Dickey

Elissa Grossell Dickey’s second novel IRIS IN THE DARK is out 7th of June and we’re delighted to feature this interview with her! Early praise for IRIS IN THE DARK “A lucky few of us walk in the sunshine, and the rest of us have to fight our way out of the dark. Elissa Grossell […]

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Susan Sands on her Publishing Journey

Susan Sands on her Publishing Journey

Hello, Women Writers!  And thanks so much to Barbara for hosting me this month. Some of you might know me, but likely most don’t. My name is Susan Sands (real name), and I’ve had a five-book Alabama series published with the Tule Publishing Group. I’ve got four upcoming books this year and a new novella […]

My Gig As Knoxville Poet Laureate

My Gig As Knoxville Poet Laureate

My Gig As Knoxville Poet Laureate I was lucky! Within a few days of retiring from teaching at the University of Tennessee, I was named Knoxville Poet Laureate. So, even though I had been teaching at UT for 37 years, my transition was painless. Pre-pandemic, I was invited to speak at writing conferences and in […]

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