Nicole Roder ~ I Need to Write

Nicole Roder ~ I Need to Write

A couple nights ago, a friend asked me if I’d always known I wanted to be a writer. Well, I haven’t always wanted to. I mean, I’ve always written things. There was college, then graduate school, both with their requisite exercises in premature...
Ksenia Anske ~ Write for Therapy

Ksenia Anske ~ Write for Therapy

I never thought that one day I’d be writing books. My friends pushed me into writing, literally. And even when I started, I was so afraid that nobody would care for any of my stories that I almost quit altogether several times. If you are in the same place,...
Francene Stanley ~ Expression through Stories

Francene Stanley ~ Expression through Stories

First things first. What is art? The expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture. Works produced by skill and imagination. What does it mean to me? I’m a mature writer with a passion...
A Thriller A Year ~ Prolific Author Russell Brooks

A Thriller A Year ~ Prolific Author Russell Brooks

When I first met Russell Brooks in 2010, he was writing his first thriller, Pandora’s Succession. The book has suspense, drama, and the mind-bending twists and turns that make up a great thriller. In 2011, he released the short story trilogy Unsavory Delicacies and...
The Angst of Writing

The Angst of Writing

The writing process is the most personal thing I go through in my life. I bare my soul much more than I want to. Then I ask myself, who wants to read something if it is not from the heart? The most personal piece of writing I ever tackled was a screenplay I wrote in...