One of my favorite aspects of writing this novel, however, was getting to develop scenes bringing to life beloved people who are no longer alive. I can visit them anytime I open my book.

Kathryn Crawley – 18 June 2023 Continue reading →

That’s always been an important goal for me, making my reader laugh, cry, wince with dread, burst into a smile. I’m someone who’s always struggled a bit with understanding other people, but I think writing is my best tool for connecting with others. 

E.L. Deards – 16 June 2023 Continue reading →

During my ride, emotions were pretty raw and on the surface. That’s when I write the best. It just comes out. I know if I cry or laugh while writing, it is usually pretty good. 

Alenka Vrecek – 13 June 2023 Continue reading →

I think any kind of creative nonfiction or memoir writing produces struggles. In this one, I had to balance what I heard from my family about these three men with what I came to know about them and what I might speculate about them.

Gretchen Cherington – 9 June 2023 Continue reading →

I love to write about places I visit – traveling is my muse – and I wanted to share the adventure my husband and I undertook. I thought that perhaps it might propel others to embark on their own journey, or to simply enjoy ours from an overstuffed chair.

Marianne C. Bohr – 6 June 2023 Continue reading →

I wrote posts about issues I was facing–Empty Nest Syndrome, Boomerang kids, sex after sixty–in the hopes my candid stories could help other similarly situated women.

Liz Kitchens – 3 June 2013 Continue reading →

The research was probably the most challenging, because I’m apt to disappear down a rabbit hole of information whenever I’m on the internet searching for facts. Even though The Rogue Scorpion is fiction, I wanted to make sure my details held up. 

Lynda Faye Schmidt – 28 May 2023 Continue reading →

All of my books are PG rated and aimed at anyone who enjoys a good, clean, laugh and a fun adventure. 

Paul Flanagan – 25 May 2023 Continue reading →

The idea started when I was riding on the “L” in Chicago one day. Everyone’s faces were buried in their phones, and I thought, “I could strip naked and no one would notice.” Yet cameras hung from the subway car’s ceiling, so someone in fact could be watching. That made me wonder, if I was trying to protect someone I loved, how could I do that in a world with an increasing number of cameras, tracking, surveillance, and monitoring? 

Michael C. Bland – 22 May 2023 Continue reading →

A particularly difficult part about writing stories for this book is that they are, by design, breaking the rules of what we’re taught to share and talk about in our North American society. As such, writing these stories felt at times incredibly tender and poignant, and at other times incredibly raw, and exposing. This is why I believe that contributors showed so much courage in participating in this project.

Heather Hendrie – 19 May 2023 Continue reading →