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 →

The first poem came from a moment when my mom inadvertently hurt my feelings. She knows I struggle with my weight and image, but she doesn’t realize how mentally exhausting it is.

Randi-Lee Bowslaugh – 7 December 2024 Continue reading →

It fascinated me and I kept researching about World War II and interviewing older folks that had experienced the war. I also had a huge imagination and while playing outside when I felt the wind I would look up to the sky and just think, an invisible dragon flew past. So, a combination of those two things were the start of Land of the Dragon.

Steffanie Costigan – 4 December 2024 Continue reading →

I am not a wordsmith, I am a truthteller, a soul who knows that each life holds a magic, an ordinary that when carefully written down, turns extraordinary.

Mary E. McKnight – 3 December 2024 Continue reading →

The idea came from some colleagues who recommended that I write a book on how mentoring could be a part of the support structure for mental health. They saw as did I a gap in the mental health services. 

Doug Lawrence – 30 November 2024 Continue reading →

Both losses gave me a new perspective on grief and life. While anyone my age (68) has lost relatives, parents, and friends, losing my wife was harder than all the others combined. I used that new perspective to make a different kind of hero in my book.

Seeley James – 18 November 2024 Continue reading →

Once I immersed myself in Titania’s spunky character it was fun to write scenes that let her personality shine.

Tricia Copeland – 26 November 2024 Continue reading →

But I don’t like to be boxed in––isn’t literature supposed to expand our horizons? I like reading about other cultures, other points of view, so I assume others do too. I’m always happy when someone challenges me to read something out of my usual choices–say science fiction, and then I’m opened to something new.

Melissa Connelly – 24 November 2024 Continue reading →