The Burning Gem and its sequel wrestle with a fundamental question: “as a species, are we really so unevolved, that when facing existential challenges such as climate change we can only fall back on primitive and counterproductive responses such as tribalism, distrust of the Other, and a demand for simple answers to increasingly complex questions?”
Don Sawyer – 30 December 2024 Continue reading
As the stories accumulated, I realized they may be something others would enjoy reading and possibly, spark something within them to begin tossing out their own version of a Nugget of Hope.
Kim Lengling – 26 December 2024 Continue reading
I’m not a beach read girl, so I want to write things that are meaningful and different.
Ashley Baker – 24 December 2025 Continue reading
The biggest problem was creating distractions for the savvy readers so they couldn’t guess who the actual bad guy or girl was too early in the book. Different threads, clues, and reasons must be sprinkled throughout the story to keep the reader guessing and flipping those pages anxious to learn the answer and not miss any of the story.
Charles Breakfield and Rox Burkey – 22 December 2024 Continue reading
Throughout my experiences, I didn’t have access to any books or literature that was similar to my idea, and I felt that it would be helpful to others to write what I had in my mind.
Joshua Winkler – 20 December 2024 Continue reading
I love character development, and I love making unique and complicated characters that the reader will find enjoyable and believable. I was able to really go all out and create dozens of awesome characters throughout the series.
Bjorn Leesson – 18 December 2024 Continue reading
I was lying in bed, staring raptly at my phone, thumbing through the news of the day and I began to wonder: what would an Internet Armageddon look like if I experienced it through my smartphone?
Michael Wolk – 16 December 2024 Continue reading
Scene descriptions and dialogue have always come naturally, and I jokingly explain how I imagine each scene in my head, playing out as a video, and I am just along for the ride, writing down what I see.
J.M. Shaw – 14 December 2024 Continue reading
I am a huge fan of the mysteries produced during the Golden Age of Crime in the 1920s and 30s, and especially the attention to plot evident in all these books, something I try to carry over into my own writing.
Lyn Squire – 12 December 2024 Continue reading
I started writing The Good Bride around the time when Prince Harry and Meghan Markel were getting married and I wondered what would happen if that kind of attention came to Mexico Beach or some other struggling area. From there, my imagination took over…
Jen Marie Wiggins – 10 December 2024 Continue reading