Sarah J. Maas and Brandon Sanderson both inspired me to a great degree. Both of them have written several masterpieces in my opinion, and their writing styles in general helped me guide myself toward my own voice. They showed me that you can show the reader an entire world, rather than just a simple story, and that was what ultimately helped grow my passion for writing.
Nick Stitle – 31 May 2023 Continue reading
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The research was probably the most challenging, because I’m apt to disappear down a rabbit hole of information whenever I’m on the internet searching for facts. Even though The Rogue Scorpion is fiction, I wanted to make sure my details held up.
Lynda Faye Schmidt – 28 May 2023 Continue reading
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All of my books are PG rated and aimed at anyone who enjoys a good, clean, laugh and a fun adventure.
Paul Flanagan – 25 May 2023 Continue reading
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The idea started when I was riding on the “L” in Chicago one day. Everyone’s faces were buried in their phones, and I thought, “I could strip naked and no one would notice.” Yet cameras hung from the subway car’s ceiling, so someone in fact could be watching. That made me wonder, if I was trying to protect someone I loved, how could I do that in a world with an increasing number of cameras, tracking, surveillance, and monitoring?
Michael C. Bland – 22 May 2023 Continue reading
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A particularly difficult part about writing stories for this book is that they are, by design, breaking the rules of what we’re taught to share and talk about in our North American society. As such, writing these stories felt at times incredibly tender and poignant, and at other times incredibly raw, and exposing. This is why I believe that contributors showed so much courage in participating in this project.
Heather Hendrie – 19 May 2023 Continue reading
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Today, the concepts raised in the Pulstar trilogy and Nerve are my belief and my way of understanding the cosmos and existence.
Giancarlo Roversi – 16 May 2023 Continue reading
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The terror of the bear and the sense that I would never be big enough or smart enough to protect my children began my thinking about mortality—safety and peril. The experience of the bear was far more real to me than to them.
Ann Putname – 13 May 2023 Continue reading
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I was shocked by the severity of abuse staring back at me from the page, and deeply troubled that I had dismissed it for so long. But perhaps the worst part to grapple with was the shame I carried.
Francesca Miracola – 11 May 2023 Continue reading
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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
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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
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