Watching Lillianna leave behind a career that had brought a lot of unhappiness into her life, making the journey to a new country, and then creating a new life for herself, in many ways reminded me of my own love of travel. It was also a reminder of how a shift in direction is sometimes exactly what we all need in order to feel inspired and excited again about our own journeys.
Robert Babirad – 12 June 2022 Continue reading
Stef: … But we got so much feedback from other people about wanting to hear more about our relationship, that it eventually developed into a story about us.
James: So it actually wasn’t our idea at all. But I think everyone else was on to something, and the book has turned out much better for it.
Stefanie Wilson & James Wilson – 10 June 2022 Continue reading
In counseling, I not only dealt with the effects of being in a toxic marriage, I also had some breakthroughs concerning my biological mother leaving our family when I was young. I merged those themes in the book.
Lee Bukowski – 7 June 2022 Continue reading
Honestly, I don’t know who my demographic is anymore. I thought it was teenagers, but then I realized about half of my readers were adults. Anyone who can appreciate a good story is my demographic, I guess.
Honor Raconteur – 3 June 2022 Continue reading
I am intrigued by what is a deal breaker in a marriage.
Lynne Kaufman – 30 May 2022 Continue reading
How many books you read are about ‘something’? Anything? So I thought it would be interesting to write a story about a place where nothing much ever happened.
Ian A. Hollis – 26 May 2022 Continue reading
This is a project I started working on about 15 years ago alongside my good friend Lamont Turner who was working on his own fantasy novel at the time. We spent a good bit of time reading and re-reading each other’s stories and helping them improve.
Ethan Avery – 22 May 2022 Continue reading
25-years old protagonist, Charlie Gibbs, has been co-opted by his glamorous 50-years old Dutch cougar boss, Ilse Teuling, into helping her write a “good-sex guide” for the older woman.
Sahlan Diver – 18 May 2022 Continue reading
This one was close to my heart and the most troubling.
Phoenix Elvis Nicholson – 14 May 2022 Continue reading
There were some choices I’d made that I really didn’t want to write about because I still carried a lot of shame. But in order to tell my story, I had to own my truth. I had to excavate those memories, sit with them, and commit them to paper. As I brought my shame to light, it lost its grip on me.
Laura Whitfield – 12 May 2022 Continue reading