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Authors Interviewing Characters: Sarah Lariviere
Sarah Lariviere, Riot Act (Knopf / Random House, July 16, 2024) Sarah Lariviere’s debut novel, The Bad Kid, was an Edgar Award finalist. In the first book in her new YA series, Riot Act (Knopf / Random House, July 2024), an alternative history set in 1991 in an authoritarian America, theater kids in central Illinois […]
Writing Stories with Larger Meanings and Goals
By Sharon J. Wishnow On August 29, 2021 Hurricane Ida, a massive 150 mph category 4 storm slammed into Grand isle, Louisiana. Twelve hundred miles north in my home in Northern Virginia, I wept. Stories that move us and remain with us are the ones where we feel an emotional connection to the characters and […]
Choosing Your People By Rhett DeVane
By Rhett DeVane Friendships became vital during the pandemic. Now, as we crawl from our hideouts to physically interact, those connections are just as crucial. Recently, as I thought about the underlying themes in my novel Ditch Weed, two stood out: the importance of both heart-family and intragenerational friendships. I discovered these common threads not […]
Reasons to Love Developmental Editing
By Martha Carlson Developmental editing of fiction is work that brings me joy. Writers come to me with questions and uncertainty, and I use my experience, education, and training to bring them clarity and to recharge their enthusiasm for revising their work. I love hearing clients respond to my editing by saying “I have a […]
THE CURSE OF THE FLORES WOMEN by Angélica Lopes: Excerpt
THE CURSE OF THE FLORES WOMEN by Angélica Lopes translated by Zoë Perry In this haunting novel about the enduring bonds of womanhood, a young girl weaves together the truth behind her family history and the secrets that resonate through generations. Eighteen-year-old Alice Ribeiro is constantly fighting—against the status quo, female oppression in Brazil, and […]
Novels Featuring Nature from a Feminine Perspective Are Essential for Our Times
There’s a long literary tradition of writing about natural and rural places. Many of the most well-known nature writers (Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, Edward Abbey) wrote about nature and landscapes in ways that focused on a separation between pristine wilderness and human beings. Their writing conveys a feeling that the natural world is compromised […]
Side Effects Are Minimal: A Novel by Laura Essay, EXCERPT
Side Effects Are Minimal: A Novel by Laura Essay When ambitious attorney Claire Hewitt is asked to represent the Satoris, one of Philadelphia’s most prominent families, in a lawsuit over the death of their daughter, she is thrust into an opioid nightmare with deadly impact—and not for the first time. Claire’s guilt for not saving […]
A Cautionary Tale
By Anne Leigh Parrish First, a conservative, Republican leaning Supreme Court rules that the federal government will not guarantee a woman’s access to safe, legal abortion, then the Supreme Court of Alabama decides that frozen embryos are children. Next, women will be declared incubators, or potential incubators, all agency and autonomy forfeit. This is what […]
A HAPPIER LIFE by Kristy Woodson Harvey: Excerpt
We’re delighted to feature this excerpt from A HAPPIER LIFE by Kristy Woodson Harvey! “New York Times bestselling author and southern sensation Kristy Woodson Harvey” (Good Morning America) presents a touching novel about eternal love and the places we call home. The historic houses in the seaside town of Beaufort, North Carolina, have held the secrets of […]
Writing Together: The Evolution of My Writing Practice
By Christina Consolino For me, writing began as a solitary act. Much like when I read, I immersed myself in the world of story, reveling in the characters, setting, plot, and themes. My lone writing time gave me the opportunity to marinate in my work, and I believed my introverted self couldn’t possibly write with […]
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