As a child in Nebraska, I lived a few blocks from a cattle auction – the sounds, smells and organized chaos of which seeped into my subconscious. Much later, I moved to Chicago’s Fulton Market neighborhood while it was still a meatpacking district. The story was inspired by the confluence of these settings.
S.L. Woeppel – 21 September 2025 Continue reading
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Writing has always helped me cope with big feelings. This was a moment of gigantic emotions, so I started writing. As I wrote I decided that it should become a book to share his story and hopefully help others.
Randi-Lee Bowslaugh – 19 September 2025 Continue reading
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I journaled throughout my career as a method of managing my own emotions as I sometimes dealt with tragic outcomes and emotional situations.
Carolyn Larkin Taylor MD – 17 September 2025 Continue reading
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I was subjected to a sexual assault by a colleague. That was hard to write about and remember.
Yvonne Martinez – 16 September 2025 Continue reading
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One of my favorite authors of all time, Simone de Beauvoir, taught me how write philosophical fiction about women’s lives. She inspired me to write things that are fun to read, but that also explore important themes and questions.
Patricia Leavy – 15 September 2025 Continue reading
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While researching the Polish neighborhood of Detroit where my dad grew up—only after I discovered he was, in fact, Polish—I read a footnote that referenced Polish women striking in a cigar factory. I followed that lead.
Janis M. Falk – 13 September 2025 Continue reading
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It was 2012 – Obama was President and we all thought racism was an issue of the past. But reality came crashing down on us when Trayvon Martin was murdered. I was minding my own business when I had an all-night dream. I saw my nation (the United States) fighting a civil war over racial issues. I saw the riots, destruction, and militias fighting each other. The dream morphed and I saw the aftermath – the dictator had divided the remaining population into ethnic groups without even asking them what each identified as, locking them behind walls.
CC Robinson – 11 September 2025 Continue reading
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Just like that everything changed. I shifted my intention to write the book for me, for my deeper healing, to write something that would help me reconcile and make meaning, to find peace and closure. The rest flowed from there.
Sarah May – 10 September 2025 Continue reading
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I get a lot of joy and purpose out of reading sci-fi. I want to offer that to the reader as well as ideally being a gateway author to denser material.
Leo X. Robertson – 9 September 2025 Continue reading
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Where I struggled most was with deciding whether or not to craft a section where David speaks directly during the brief hours between his suicidal action and his death. Giving him space to speak felt almost urgent. Yet, it also felt presumptuous on my part.
Cyra Sweet Dumitru – 7 September 2024 Continue reading
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