The target readers for this collection were people over 65, nearing 65 and their children and friends. It was to begin a dialogue on what aging was about for one woman and could this be a kind of universal thinking?
Jane Seskin – 8 September 2024 Continue reading
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The book series spawned from my desire to write about the human condition – including a lack of motivation, the unwelcome feeling of loneliness, the desire to do one’s best, and the nature of quid pro quo.
Fish Nealman – 6 September 2024 Continue reading
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This is very much a figure skating book for figure skating readers. If you are a casual fan who tunes in to watch figure skating in the Olympics once every four years, this probably isn’t the book for you.
Ryan Stevens – 3 September 2024 Continue reading
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Ideas are everywhere around us, as long as you’re observant. Have you heard that before? Well, I’ve come to believe it’s true. I began writing this book with one idea—the theme of redemption and unpredictable repercussions of even the smallest choices.
I.D. – 31 August 2024 Continue reading
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Every single sentence in this book is absolutely true. I sometimes say: why write fiction when real life is so varied and fascinating?
Anne Abel – 28 August 2024 Continue reading
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After I read J. D. Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy, I realized as well that my stories about Appalachia served as a counterpoint to Vance’s memoir. Instead of his tough love story in which the survivor leaves the region, I’d written a series of stories in which the survivors stay put and make the best of what has happened to them. To be fair to J. D. Vance, however, my stories are generally set in the years before the opioid crisis hit the region.
Carl Parsons – 22 August 2024 Continue reading
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I knew exactly what motivated each character and the path they would take. There is one scene in particular where someone dies, and every word flowed so beautifully.
Abigail L Wilkes – 16 August 2024 Continue reading
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I had the idea of turning the kids into activists and having them stand up for their rights against a conservative and hateful school administration and state legislative body.
Kelly Vincent – 13 August 2024 Continue reading
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Some of it was written in real time based on events taking place that made its way into the book.
James Eric Riley – 10 August 2024 Continue reading
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