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 island off the coast of Maine — Professor Gandalf Cohen, who was abducted from an airport check-in line by the FBI; Henry Ames, an FBI special agent who isn’t sure the elderly female professor is a … [Read more...]
What, Why, How: Kate Dolan
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 voice of a twenty-something bro chick (i.e., myself) stumbling through life and the ups and downs that come along with it. This can range from learning to think in ‘we’ terms when you enter your … [Read more...]
What, Why, How: Yancy Caruthers
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 Room during my year-long deployment to Iraq. I had dabbled with writing short stories and op/ed before, but this was deeper, because it was true. One of my author friends asked me (in a nice way) … [Read more...]
The Magic Pencil and Memories
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 inside when she called my name in her slow, drawn-out, "I know what you're doing" tone of voice. Since I was a chatty daydreamer, I gave her plenty of opportunity to call my name. Miss Pastor isn't … [Read more...]
First Time Novelist at 63 – Belva Plain
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 Evergreen, was published in 1978 by Dell. What's more, her debut novel stayed on the NYT best-seller list for 41 weeks in hardcover, and another 20 weeks in paperback, and was later made into a … [Read more...]
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