Blogger Expertise Essays: Part I
This year, I put out a call to bloggers asking them to write about an area of expertise other than writing or blogging. Over two blog posts by 12 bloggers,
Jail Journal by Nancie Wiseman Attwater Book Review and Author Interview
For three years I worked in corrections, though I never stepped foot in a jail or prison. Even from behind a computer screen, I could feel myself simultaneously judging and
Badfish by Sue Rovens Author Interview
Writing allows us to develop the parts of ourselves that we don’t always get to show to the world. This is especially true of people who have a dark side
Follow Your Dreams and Be a Leader by Dr. Matthew Raidbard
By: Dr. Matthew Raidbard Follow your dreams, and keep following them All I ever wanted to be growing up was a college basketball coach, and I was fortunate to have
Nurse Papa by David Metzger Book Review and Interview
I’ve gone to visit children in the hospital several times throughout my life. Sometimes it was a happy occasion, such as the birth of a new baby. Other times, it’s
Drunk Drivers by Mathias M. Lindgaard Author Interview
When you’re coming off of an addiction, you need to find healthy habits to satisfy your addictive behaviors. Exercise, meditation, and group therapy are popular activities. But writing is another
Noir Romance? by Christie Santo
A guest post by Christie Santo Noir romance sounds contradictory when you think about it. Noir, as defined, is characterized by its cynicism, fatalism, and moral ambiguity; hard to combine
11 Ideas for Writers Using Setting
When you sit down to write something new, what comes to you first: the characters or the story? Maybe it’s different for every piece. And when you get blocked, maybe
Dear Universe, I Get it Now by A.Y. Berthiaume Author Interview
Letter writing is a technologically obsolete art. However, that doesn’t necessarily make it useless. Letters can be as therapeutic, profound, and juicy as journal entries. And letters are meant to
I Write Because I Have To by Radhika Iyer
By: Radhika Iyer How it all started I have always enjoyed writing. Even as a child in primary school, I used to look forward to long writing tasks from my
Do They All Sleep? by Srividhya Lakshmanan Book Review and Author Interview
A good picture book is harder to write than it seems. You need to incorporate simple concepts in a unique way that stands out from the other picture books but
Genny Faces the Green Knight by Darrel Gregory Author Interview
Kids love to see other kids as the heroes of the stories they read. It gives them motivation, confidence, and drive in a way that no other format can. Stories
What Inspired Me to Write Supernatural Stories by Vinod Balan
By: Vinod Balan How it began The first book that I had published was a self-help book. The second one that I wrote had mysterious elements in it, but still,
Eyes With No Soul by Sheri Chapman Author Interview
The authors we admire shape us into the authors we become. For author Sheri Chapman, those authors cover a wide range of genres. And Chapman has followed in their footsteps,
My Life as a Sister Wife by Ailsa Keppie
By: Ailsa Keppie Many people are curious about the sister wife relationship. I have to agree, I am always curious about this particular partnership also, even after living my own