Category: Guest Article

How I Wrote a Historical Novel- That Combines Famous People with Fictional Characters by Susan Dormady Eisenberg

Every novel needs a dynamic protagonist and colorful secondary characters. To achieve this cast in my historical rom-com, One More Seat at the Round Table: A Novel of Broadway’s Camelot, I mixed the legendary creators of this beloved 1960 musical—and the performers who gave… Continue Reading “How I Wrote a Historical Novel- That Combines Famous People with Fictional Characters by Susan Dormady Eisenberg”

Teaching Acceptance by Lee Cherry

In a world full of chaos, we need to be the calm in it. And that calm, to me and to many, is the bond of friendship. Friendship is one of the many wonderful things we all experience and the driving factor behind my… Continue Reading “Teaching Acceptance by Lee Cherry”

Funny Stories About Library Readers by Lita Marson

Library for the Blind brought me not only a variety of job experiences but also a lot of funny stories. Readers regularly say and do strange, astonishing and odd things, and I want to share some of them with you.

Interview with Rebecca Hazell

What’s your favorite thing you have written? I can’t choose. I have written eight books and love them all like family. My favorite might be Heroines, a nonfiction book for ‘tweens’. It introduced kids to great women from around the world, many unfamiliar to… Continue Reading “Interview with Rebecca Hazell”

An Accidental Author by Brock Meier

    My journey as an author has been anything but conventional. Unlike the vast majority of published authors, the first time I picked up a pencil and paper at age five, I did NOT think “Gee, I’m going to be an author when… Continue Reading “An Accidental Author by Brock Meier”

“Tiny Christmas Angel: A Story of Hope” by Stephenie Poeschel

What is Tiny Christmas Angel about? Tiny Christmas Angel is a special story told from the mind of a little boy who is missing his baby brother at Christmastime. He asks his mother about Christmas in Heaven and about his brother. Is he happy?… Continue Reading ““Tiny Christmas Angel: A Story of Hope” by Stephenie Poeschel”

An Interview with Amanda Shaw

What’s your favorite thing you have written? A letter to my niece, Ruthie, on her first birthday. Her arrival into the world transformed my life, and she appears in several of the poems in It Will Have Been So Beautiful. The book is dedicated… Continue Reading “An Interview with Amanda Shaw”

Interview with Christopher Hearn

1-When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer? I’ve enjoyed writing since at least high school. Whenever a teacher would assign an essay or report to write, I felt good because that was in my comfort zone. I was excited to… Continue Reading “Interview with Christopher Hearn”

Interview with ELIZABETH BRUCE

· What’s your favorite thing you have written? Oh gosh, I love all my characters in everything I’ve written. I really love all the plain-spoken, scrappy characters in my new collection, Universally Adored & Other One Dollar Stories, just published by Vine Leaves Press,… Continue Reading “Interview with ELIZABETH BRUCE”