I dreamed I was under a blanket, then peeked out. There were uncanny, moving lights in the night sky, and ominous, inexplicable sounds. Suddenly I knew – the way you can know things in dreams, as though someone just told me – that this was the great war going on between the armies of Heaven and the armies of Earth.
Richard Harland – 29 July 2024 Continue reading
The idea for this book had been slowly crystallizing in my head for a couple of years. At some point, I felt a strong urge to share it with the world and committed to writing it down. The book was certainly influenced by my background in science and biotech.
Alex Rawecki – 26 July 2024 Continue reading
I began to wonder if I could write an entire book about my own life in romance. Then I had an idea for a memoir, framed by the fictional romances that formed my early notions of love and were often contradicted by my experience.
Susan Ostrov – 22 July 2024 Continue reading
Most of the authors I admire write books that I could never write. Rather than inspiring me to be more like them, they inspire me to be myself and write what comes naturally for me.
Tim Piper – 19 July 2024 Continue reading
In writing memoir, I think the hardest part for women is writing about their children. Specifically, how their children are impacted by their choices.
Marina DelVecchio – 16 July 2024 Continue reading
Often people reveal more about themselves by what they don’t say than by what they do.
April Tompkins – 13 July 2024 Continue reading
Sadly, there was a time of domestic violence in our story. I knew nothing about that until I was in my 30s. It was terrible to learn about, and it was difficult to write.
Anna Monardo – 10 July 2024 Continue reading
I wondered if I animated Nature, what it would say. I wanted to find out, so I imagined my way into Nature and let it speak.
Nina Schuyler – 2 July 2024 Continue reading
I actually got the idea from this other book I’m currently working on about a teenage girl band.
Blaque Ace – 29 June 2024 Continue reading
I was trying to write broadly enough that anyone who had childhood or church trauma or abuse could relate and be inspired by it.
Penny Lane – 26 June 2024 Continue reading