by Editor | Jan 3, 2017 | Articles, Writer to Writer, Writing Process
By Lenore H. Gay In my novel Shelter of Leaves, character names carried meaning. An excerpt from the prologue: “Beside her swimming pool, Elaine closed her eyes against the sun. She imagined a drifting boat flanked by trees; crimson, marigold and burnt sienna leaves...
by Editor | Dec 6, 2016 | Articles, Writer to Writer, Writing Process
By Peggy Garrity I have been writing this book for a long time. Well, not actually this book…but a book. In the more than forty years I have been practicing law, I have always written in some form or another, yearning to share what I was experiencing and learning in...
by Editor | Oct 25, 2016 | Articles, Short Stories
By David Finkle — FOREWORD — In presenting the following manuscript, I’m asking you, the reader, to recognize as true a series of (almost entirely) serendipitous incidents that will strain credulity to the breaking point, and possibly far beyond it, as far beyond as...
by Editor | Sep 30, 2016 | Articles, Writer to Writer, Writing Process
By Mary Dingee Fillmore When the fifth course of antibiotics failed, I began to wonder. In the mirror, my cheekbones looked much too much like a supermodel’s, and my ribs were showing. I threw up anything I tried to eat. The normally cheerful nurses who had cared for...
by Editor | Sep 23, 2016 | Articles, Cooking by the Book
By Heidi Komlofske-Rojek Photo credit: Heidi Komlofske-Rojek September rolls around, the kids go back to school, and Fall is suddenly in the air. Or, if you live in Northern California, like I do, it’s still in the 90s, but you know it’s Fall everywhere else. And that...
by Editor | Sep 19, 2016 | Articles, Meet the Reviewers
Q. What is the best part of being a book reviewer? A. Manna from heaven! Free books! But really, I enjoy reading, and I enjoy helping authors, especially new authors. Q. Is the book always better than the movie? A. I haven’t come across an instance yet where I...
