What? Over the years I’ve been a librarian, pastoral minister, a non-fiction writer, and a mom. Now I’m the author of Blood Seed, book one of the Coin of Rulve series; and Night Cruiser: Short Stories about Creepy, Amusing or Spiritual Encounters with the Shadow. Blood Seed, my first novel, stitches literary fantasy and tender romance into the fabric of the dark spiritual journey. … [Read more...]
Why Rush to Publish?
You wrote a book! You want it published! Now! Congratulations! I've felt that same excitement. However, I urge you to resist that impulse to self-publish right away. I know you're excited and, trust me, I know time is the downside of traditional publishing. It can take years. First you have to query agents. That can take a year or more of submitting your manuscript and waiting for responses. Then, … [Read more...]
What, Why, How: Novelist Lisa Peers
What? I'm editing the second draft of my second novel, currently titled Desired Effect. The working log line is, "When a San Francisco actress lands her first film role as the often naked love interest of a flawlessly handsome momma’s boy, it sparks a romance of mythic proportions." While I'm grateful to be this far along after a long (really long) writing process, working on this draft … [Read more...]
Illustrated Reading from In the Context of Love
I made a new video combining a reading from IN THE CONTEXT OF LOVE with royalty free images on iMovie. I call it an illustrated video reading! In it, Angelica imagines what her birthfather is doing and what he looks like. A scary vision "What do you suppose my birth father was doing at that moment? Getting a free meal from the Salvation Army? Lying on a grimy cot in a subsidy-rent apartment … [Read more...]
What, Why, How: Non-fiction Writer Melissa Grunow
WHAT? I write personal essays and memoir. My essays have won prizes, such as two years in a row from Detroit Working Writers, and I was nominated for a Pushcart in 2015. My first book, Realizing River City, is an exploration of love, compassion, loss, and ultimately redemption, as it mimics the ebbs and flows of a river to navigate the impact of past relationships on the development of one’s … [Read more...]
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