When middle-class or affluent people use drugs, it’s considered okay or even cool. But when poor people use drugs, it’s considered bad and dirty. I wanted to write about the humanity of drug use: the reality that a lot of people use drugs to help them deal with their lives.
Mattea Kramer – 15 May 2025 Continue reading
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I was not prepared for the extraordinary obstacles I would find within the public education and medical systems as I tried to ensure my son got the education and services he needed. I was also not prepared for our family’s and friends’ reactions.
Amy Mackin – 12 May 2025 Continue reading
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I want people to know that no matter how dark life gets, there’s always a way forward. It’s not easy, and it takes time, but you can rebuild. You can heal. My story is proof that even in the hardest moments, you can find strength, purpose, and ultimately, hope.
Mary L Devine – 9 May 2025 Continue reading
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My ideal reader is curious about Victorian London, magic, the history of tarot, dueling magicians and earning your place in the world by hard won lessons.
Susan Wands – 6 May 2025 Continue reading
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Shaping the story were experiences I had in college being part of three-women friendship groups; relationships with cousins close to my age; visits to Yale and New Haven that I made because my best friend from high school went there; and living in New Haven with my husband for three years when he was an assistant professor at Yale.
Jessica Levine – 2 May 2025 Continue reading
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The dramatic and traumatic events and colourful, larger than life characters I encountered during my years on this Caribbean island were indelibly seared into my mind. Even while going through those disasters and trauma, I was often struck by what a compelling book or movie this would make.
Joan Giannone – 25 April 2025 Continue reading
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I wanted to write about the external forces that shape our lives and how we deal with them and ultimately evolve as people.
David A Anderson – 24 April 2025 Continue reading
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I have a small, select circle of “beta” readers with whom I share my work-in-progress. These are friends who bring divergent backgrounds and varied experiences to my writings. My objective is to reach out to all of them and, no mattter their differences, to engage their interest in my work.
Elizabeth Harlan – 21 April 2025 Continue reading
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Most of the characters are real people from history. Although dialogue and motivation are made up and reflect the times they lived in, I did my best to represent people fairly. There’s no character assassination! However, I did create a fictional character to be a nemesis to my main character.
Joan Fernandez – 15 April 2025 Continue reading
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The biggest struggle I had was with Magda’s voice. She spoke to me in a snarky, modern tongue, and I wanted her to have all the knowledge we have about what happened in the 2000 years since Jesus’ death, so that she could comment on current events
8 April 2025 Continue reading
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