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  • Featured Indie Author, Elsa Ward, author of “Finding Sanctuary”

    Author Elsa Ward lives in Chalfont, Pennsylvania. She has written articles, lyrics, short stories, and promotional pieces as well as having worked in child welfare, running a homeless shelter, a food pantry, a car program, and authoring parenting articles for examiner. Along with that she enjoys the harrowing, wonderful experience of parenting her five children. Read more

  • Pat Conroy, weaving pain into beauty

    “The reason I write is to explain my life to myself. I’ve also discovered that when I do, I’m explaining other people’s lives to them.” – Pat Conroy At some hazy point in college, between freshman and sophomore year I found myself in Professor Bates Comp II class. Up to this point I had taken Read more

  • #WritersQuoteWednesday & #BeWow

    #WritersQuoteWednesday & #BeWow

    The past few weeks have been a series of ups and downs. I am struggling with a never ending cold. I finished my edits. My house is a disaster. I have been able to take this kids outside to play. Today I am combining the #BeWow and the #WQW themes because it is march. And Read more

  • Indie Author Interview: Caroline Peckham

    Indie Author Caroline Peckham is releasing her debut novel “Creeping Shadow”, the first in her series “The Rise of Isaac” on kindle, December 10th this year. I was lucky enough to get an advanced copy of this imaginative and entertaining YA fantasy. Caroline was kind enough to answer some of my questions about indie publishing Read more

  • Discouraged with pursuing a writing career?

    Discouraged with pursuing a writing career?

    Peter Benchley was a reporter at the Washington Post, an editor for Newsweek. He was a speech writer for President Johnson, and in 1971 he was just barely making ends meet as a freelance writer supporting a family. Even with his impressive background, he was ready to give up. The story goes that he took Read more

  • Writing Parents in Fiction: What you need to know to resonate with your readers

    Writing Parents in Fiction: What you need to know to resonate with your readers

    “There’s no bitch on earth like a mother frightened for her kids.” – Stephen King I recently read a really great novel that had one jarring details I could not get over. A mother of a brand new baby was choosing to move out of a safe environment with her newborn to an extremely dangerous Read more

  • Good ways to think about Bad Reviews

    Good ways to think about Bad Reviews

    Being a writer who puts their work out in the world requires courage. Real courage because you are laying your soul bare to be picked at and ridiculed. No matter how thick a skin you’ve developed, no matter how humble, and no matter how much you believe in your work, you will be hurt when Read more

  • Rejections: the other half of pursuing a writing career

    Rejections: the other half of pursuing a writing career

    Once upon a time I had a great story concept. I was so excited about it I queried before I’d even finished the first draft (cue cringes from all writers reading this). It was, in fact, so good that I got two agent responses. One that said “I’d love to get your query when this Read more

  • Guest Post: Author Fia Essen

    Hello there! My name is Fia Essen and I’m an author. I thought I should get that said right at the beginning of this guest blog post. The tricky thing about writing guest blog posts is making it seem as though you don’t have an ulterior motive for rambling on someone else’s blog. It’s especially Read more

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