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
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