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Tarot enthusiasts, Gilded Age followers, and theater history buffs will enjoy this story, but I’ve found that people who are interested in the spirituality of an artist’s calling are also interested.

Susan Wands = 0 <au 2-23 Continue reading →

I have never outlined. I am a stream of consciousness writer; I pry open a portal and let all the nonsense and mess spill out. Eventually, characters, or places, or ideas take shape.

Antonia Deignan – 6 May 2023 Continue reading →

I have been influenced most by my own experience as a physician-scientist and educator and my view that our collective future depends on instilling in our children a sense of curiosity and interest in discovery and innovation.

Bruce F. Scharschmidt – 4 May 2023 Continue reading →

I actually struggled with the parts of the book that were close to my real life. I needed distance, which is one of the reasons why this book took so long to write. 

Corie Adjmi – 2 August 2022 Continue reading →

I usually write more mature heroines, which I hope regardless of age can resonate even with the younger generation. My main characters are usually in their mid-thirties, who have mostly experienced the many pains of life’s journey.

29 April 2023 Continue reading →

Telling what really happened was a very slow, painful process. I could complete only a few sentences before being overcome with emotion. Eventually, I put his death into words and began to accept that he was gone in his magnificent physical form.

Jeff Seitzer – 27 April 2023 Continue reading →

I don’t think that any author’s characters are entirely fictitious, especially in historical fiction. There must be a kernel of truth, or it would not be realistic. All my characters are composites – borrowing from the real world and my imagination. 

Meryl Ain – 25 April 2023 Continue reading →

I have been living in chronic pain for my whole adult life, and writing has always been the way I process, learn and understand what has happened and how I might think about it differently.

Francesca Grossman – 22 April 2023

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I’ve always been fascinated by creative nonfiction, and I was inspired by David Sedaris’ early collections of essays, “Naked” in particular. The stories are so weird and joyful, and I love how unabashedly he celebrates his own and his family’s eccentricities and quirks.

Irena Smith – 18 April 2023 Continue reading →

There’s a lot of culture conflict, and morality conflict. Is it OK to kill in the name of protecting innocent animals being slaughtered? How do you deal with the clash of local aristocratic classes (living the last vestiges of colonialism) encroaching on both modern civil society as well as tribal life?

Jeffrey Ulin – 13 April 2023 Continue reading →