Dial Me A Story
In West Concord, behind the railroad tracks and to the side of the bike path, stands a bright yellow phone booth—yes, the kind we were so used to seeing everywhere, and once upon a time used, at least those of…
Category: The Writing Life
Interview with Martha Jean Johnson on her novel, The Queen’s Musician
“Divorced, Beheaded, Died; Divorced, Beheaded, Survived”, is the mnemonic used to remember the fates of Henry VIII’s famous six wives. But how can we recall the lives of those forgotten by history, yet no less pulled into the orbit of…
Meet Daryl Gregory: Author of When We Were Real
I’ve long thought of award-winning author Daryl Gregory as a writer’s writer. He’s not only hilarious, inventive and a hugely talented prose writer, but a master of craft. Lift the hood on any of Gregory’s books and you’ll learn a…
Spies, Love on the Margins, and “The History of Lost Things” in Hesse Phillips’ Debut Novel, Lightborne
In their enthralling debut historical novel Lightborne, Hesse Phillips brings to life the last dangerous days of famed Elizabethan playwright and poet, the outspoken and provocative Christopher Marlowe. In his time, and to this day, audiences and readers captivated by…
Kris Jansma Reveals How “Genius” Authors are Just Like Us in his New Book–Revisionaries
Feeling defeated by rejections from agents and/or editors? Feeling stuck with your writing, wondering if you’re just not good enough? You need to pick up a copy of Revisionaries: What We Can Learn from the Lost, Unfinished, and Just Plain…
Meet Susan R. Greenway, Debut Author of the Middle Grade Novel, Elephant Touch
Time and again, animals have shown humans how our hardships can deepen our connections with others, rather than leading us to withdraw into ourselves. In Susan R. Greenway’s debut middle grade novel, Elephant Touch, Quinn visits an elephant sanctuary in…