Tag: family life fiction
Missing Indigenous Girl Inspires Peters’ Novel
by Diane Slocum | Mar 1, 2024 | Interviews, Written | 0 |
The Berry Pickers, Amanda Peters, Catapult – Joe and Ruthie are the youngest children in a Mi’kmaq family in Nova Scotia. While the family is on their annual trip to Maine to harvest blueberries, four-year-old Ruthie disappears.
Read MoreWhere do stories come from? Jill McCorkle Shares
by Ellen Birkett Morris | Mar 1, 2024 | Interviews, Written | 0 |
Old Crimes, Jill McCorkle, – In Old Crimes Jill McCorkle tells stories about the lies we tell ourselves and the secrets we keep that nonetheless echo across our lives.
Read MoreGood Book to Read: The Night of the Storm by Nishita Parekh
by Cindy Matthews | Feb 20, 2024 | Book Reviews | 0 |
Good Book to Read: The Night of the Storm by Nishita Parekh, Dutton – Jia Shah hoped the move to Houston would put distance between her and her cheating ex-husband Dev for the sake of herself and their twelve-year-old son Ishaan.
Read MoreInterview: Kittle’s Morning in This Broken World
by Ellen Birkett Morris | Jan 1, 2024 | Interviews, Written | 0 |
How can I make my writing better?
“You can make it better later. First, you have to make it exist.” Just like anything else in the world, you only get better at it by doing it,” says Katrina Kittle, author of Morning in This Broken World. Read the full interview.
Good Book to Read: The Wishing Bridge by Viola Shipman
by Cindy Matthews | Dec 19, 2023 | Book Reviews | 0 |
Good Book to Read: The Wishing Bridge, Viola Shipman, Graydon House – Henrietta “Henri” Wegner is fifty two, menopausal, and hanging on to her job at Tolliver & Co for dear life.
Read MoreGood Book to Read: The Last Love Note by Emma Grey
by Cindy Matthews | Dec 6, 2023 | Book Reviews | 0 |
Good Book to Read: The Last Love Note, Emma Grey, Zibby Books – Canberra, Australia, native Kate Whittaker is left widowed at age thirty-eight with a young child and a world of heartache to navigate.
Read MoreGood Book to Read: The Four Corners of the Heart by Francoise Sagan
by Kate Padilla | Nov 8, 2023 | Book Reviews | 0 |
Good Book to Read, The Four corners of the Heart by Francoise Sagan, Amazon Crossing – Françoise Sagan’s unfinished novel, “The Four Corners of the Heart,” is a praiseworthy read and in keeping with her past novels about the wealthy French “bourgeois”.
Read MoreGood Book to Read: The Tree Doctor by Marie Mutsuki Mockett
by Cindy Matthews | Oct 24, 2023 | Book Reviews | 0 |
Review: The Tree Doctor, Marie Mutsuki Mockett, Graywolf Press – Can a deadly virus teach a better appreciation of life?
Read MoreAuthorlink Chat: What happens when a family member is missing
by Ellen Birkett Morris | Oct 1, 2023 | Interviews, Written | 0 |
Interview: Off to Join the Circus, Deborah Kalb, Loyola College/Apprentice House – After a long career as a journalist covering politics, Deborah Kalb is tackling the equally contentious arena of family relations in her first novel for adults, Off to Join the Circus.
Read MoreInterview: Kittle’s Morning in This Broken World Copy
by Doris | Sep 1, 2023 | Interviews, Written | 0 |
How can I make my writing better?
“You can make it better later. First, you have to make it exist.” Just like anything else in the world, you only get better at it by doing it,” says Katrina Kittle, author of Morning in This Broken World. Read the full interview.
Interview: Netflix’s Geek Girl on her new adult novel
by Anna Roins | Sep 1, 2023 | Interviews, Video | 0 |
How does it feel to have an upcoming Netflix series? Does autism help you write better?
Interveiw: CASSANDRA IN REVERSE
by Holly Smale
(MIRA; Original edition, 6 June 2023)
“It’s incredible, and – without wanting to sound like a total cheeseball – there hasn’t been a day in the last decade where I haven’t been grateful for my luck. Writing is a tough business, and I’m fully aware of how rare my situation is.” See full interview.
Authorlink Chat: Hoffman on Realizing Your Creative Dreams
by Doris Booth | Jul 1, 2023 | Featured, Interviews, Video | 0 |
Authorlink Chat: The Second Ending, Michelle Hoffman, Ballantine – Every so often a novel comes along that immediately marks itself as truly special, with a story that stays with you long after you’ve turned the last page.
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