The story was so shocking and upsetting, I knew I had to try to investigate and find out what really had taken place at the beginning of my life.
Patti Eddington – 7 May 2024 Continue reading
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I came back to my Irish love story and saw that it was more like Persuasion, Jane Austen’s classic novel, than I had intended. So, I had a choice to make– turn the manuscript into a real Austen reimagining, or rewrite it as something else. I decided to take on the challenging of retelling my favorite novel, in modern society with a different set of characters and setting.
Norah Woodsey – 3 May 2024 Continue reading
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I realized that to allow people to feel my emotions, I would have to let them into my world so they could be with me as I faced each mountain. The revealing of my failures and insecurities was difficult to disclose, but it got easier to let go as I progressed.
Lally Pie, MD – 30 April 2024 Continue reading
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In the end, I felt that a character’s sexuality is such an integral part of who they are it didn’t seem right to shield the reader from it. And besides, half the fun of fiction is that it lets you inside someone else’s head. I plowed ahead and included the scenes.
J. Boyce Gleason – 27 April 2024 Continue reading
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One example was a young boy who claimed to be a World War II fighter pilot killed at Iwo Jima and correctly named the plane, a friend who was killed, and the circumstances around the death. The idea of children with past life memories grabbed me and would not let go.
Ellen Birkett Morris – 23 April 2024 Continue reading
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The book is dedicated to my grandmother, Nancy, and so much of her lives in the kindness and strength of my characters. She taught me that it’s entirely possible to be fierce and compassionate at the same time, so I borrowed that piece of her to instill in my main character, Kiera.
Christina Bacilieri – 20 April 2024 Continue reading
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I enjoyed the freedom of writing a novel, while remaining true to the spirit of the activism that may have, at least temporarily, significantly slowed the spread of fracking in Michigan.
Maryann Lesert – 18 April 2024 Continue reading
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I struggled to know what to include as I experienced and witnessed so much. We witnessed the best of humankind and the worst.
Janet A. Wilson – 16 April 2024 Continue reading
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I wondered, “What
if suicide was illegal? What if it wasn’t just a moral issue, but a legal one, and you could be punished for taking your life?”
Jacob Guy – 12 April 2024 Continue reading
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Based on years of experience in the television industry in Los Angeles, and reflecting on what messages are being broadcast to the masses, The Luminescence Manual is a fictional expose of questions and the search for answers of how media is related to society both individually and as a collective.
Lisabeth Lange – 8 April 2024 Continue reading
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