On Hurricane Island by writer Ellen Meeropol is a psychological/political thriller that follows five characters involved in a nightmarish crisis at a secret terrorist interrogation center on a small … Continue reading >>
Writer Kate Dolan is here to answer 3 basic questions about creativity for my series titled What, Why, How!
WHAT?
Oh geeze, what don’t I write about? On my blog, The Bro Chick, I write in the … Continue reading >>
WHAT?
Military narrative non-fiction, stories that could be fiction, but they aren't. I began with Northwest of Eden, my own memoir of my experience as the second-in-command of an Army Emergency … Continue reading >>
How We Make Memories:
My fourth grade teacher, Miss Pastor, at Hillside Elementary was a stern woman. Her reprimands were shaming, and her glare could turn a kid's legs to Jell-o. I shook … Continue reading >>
Grandma wrote bestsellers
Have you ever felt you were too old to start that novel you've always wanted to write?
Belva Plain was 63 years old when her first novel, a romantic epic titled … Continue reading >>
King of Kitsch?
Former US Poet Laureate said it was irrelevant to even speak of Rod McKuen as a poet. Pulitzer Prize-winning critic called McKuen's work gooey schmaltz. Newsweek magazine called … Continue reading >>