In the end, I felt that a character’s sexuality is such an integral part of who they are it didn’t seem right to shield the reader from it. And besides, half the fun of fiction is that it lets you inside someone else’s head. I plowed ahead and included the scenes.
J. Boyce Gleason – 27 April 2024 Continue reading
One example was a young boy who claimed to be a World War II fighter pilot killed at Iwo Jima and correctly named the plane, a friend who was killed, and the circumstances around the death. The idea of children with past life memories grabbed me and would not let go.
Ellen Birkett Morris – 23 April 2024 Continue reading
The book is dedicated to my grandmother, Nancy, and so much of her lives in the kindness and strength of my characters. She taught me that it’s entirely possible to be fierce and compassionate at the same time, so I borrowed that piece of her to instill in my main character, Kiera.
Christina Bacilieri – 20 April 2024 Continue reading
I enjoyed the freedom of writing a novel, while remaining true to the spirit of the activism that may have, at least temporarily, significantly slowed the spread of fracking in Michigan.
Maryann Lesert – 18 April 2024 Continue reading
I struggled to know what to include as I experienced and witnessed so much. We witnessed the best of humankind and the worst.
Janet A. Wilson – 16 April 2024 Continue reading
I wondered, “What
if suicide was illegal? What if it wasn’t just a moral issue, but a legal one, and you could be punished for taking your life?”
Jacob Guy – 12 April 2024 Continue reading
Based on years of experience in the television industry in Los Angeles, and reflecting on what messages are being broadcast to the masses, The Luminescence Manual is a fictional expose of questions and the search for answers of how media is related to society both individually and as a collective.
Lisabeth Lange – 8 April 2024 Continue reading
I want to write sci-fi and technothrillers for people that wouldn’t normally read sci-fi and technothrillers but have vivid imaginations and like imagining the future! And, as such, I want to make them accessible, action packed and combined with other genres they’d normally read, like crime thrillers and murder mystery.
Thomas R. Weaver – 5 April 2024 Continue reading
My first close reading of David and Bathsheba left me with so many questions. The debate as to whether their coupling was consensual felt incredibly modern and #metoo. What was more striking to me, however, was that Bathsheba did not have a voice in the story. I was inspired to give her one.
Jeanne McWilliams Blasberg – 2 April 2024 Continue reading
I struggled with the excavation of many painful memories. Painful, but essential in order to resolve my trauma.
Tracy Mayo – 30 March 2024 Continue reading