From left to right: Suzanne Santillan, me, Edith Hope Fine, Joy Raab, Virginia Loh Hagen, and Lori Mitchell at Pacific Beach Elementary, March 2014 The GSRDA are the folks who host the annual Authors Fair I have participated in these past two years—hands-down some of the best events I...
that is – areFICTION. The stories arenotreal. Some of them may be inspired by true events – such as my debut novel,“Make me Believe”– but at the heart of it, they are a figment of an author’s imagination. Sometimes, we all start a book that we have to put down ...
If you're still reading this, and you're reading on Friday, be sure to visit oh-so-busy Matt at Radio, Rhythm & Rhyme for this week's Poetry Friday Roundup. And be sure to check our generous Jama's roundup of poetry events for April in the kidlitosphere at Jama's Alphabet Soup....
Over the course of my residency, I thought often about the exit letter I would write to poet and fiction writer Carleigh Baker, but my last few weeks were so crammed with events and epiphanies, I almost forgot to write her entirely. Half an hour before a honking horn heralded the arrival...
At worst, it’s a sign that the writer is getting a bit tired of writing interestingly about a series of events and so crammed them all into a list. Is this really the reaction you want to elicit to your narrative voice within the first few pages of your book? Actually, it’s not ...
Recent events, Jan 2023 Fri, Jan 13 – Sun, Jan 15, Amelia Island, FLORIDA,Dynasties & Winds of Fire Series Official Launch held by CEO of the largest online bookclub in the world, Kathy L. Murphy International Pulpwood Queen & Timber Guys Book Club Reading Nation!
Go out to public events. Observe fellow air travelers in international airports. ~ Assemble and Cultivate a “Network of the Unlikely”. A Network of the Unlikely in social settings refers to a group of people who wouldn’t typically connect because of their backgrounds, interests, or social...
In a bizarre turn of events, the Arbiter declares game five will be played across three dimensions—one of which is Kellan’s home, Earth. Determined to both win the game and protect the innocent people of Fayetteville, Kellan uses all his newfound magical abilities to defeat monsters and mur...
It was actually after reading The Poet of Tolstoy Park that I learned your novel was inspired by real events, and, more important, by a real person. Just what was your starting point for this book? In 1982, I was looking for a job that gave me more free time to write during the ...
My husband has been telling me that I should breathe new life into my first novel, and even though I got truly discouraged because of all that the pandemic stole from us authors, (no touring or in-person events), I need to work with what I’ve got.AFTER THE FIRE, is in a few nor...