J Alexander Greenwood ~ Man of Mystery

J Alexander Greenwood ~ Man of Mystery

Alex Greenwood and I met about 3 years ago, right about the time he published his first novel, Pilate’s Cross. The book chronicles the misadventures of John Pilate, a guy who is unemployed, broke, off his anti-depressants, and desperately in need of a second chance....
LaDonna Marie ~ Valuable Lessons

LaDonna Marie ~ Valuable Lessons

I often thought about writing letters to my younger self and calling them valuable lessons. Poetry is the best gift I have been given, to keep me positive in this world, where I grew up feeling alone. I have always felt that as long as I have a pen and a pad, all was...
Sid Sudiacal ~ The Joy of Writing

Sid Sudiacal ~ The Joy of Writing

There are times in one’s life when seemingly discombobulated moments, strewn about within the mind, suddenly coalesce in one moment of clarity. It is that eureka moment that we all long for and wish would happen to us as individuals. It happens so briefly in...
Danica Worthy ~ An Empowering Artist

Danica Worthy ~ An Empowering Artist

I AM An Empowering Artist. I wrote to breathe at an early age; I took comfort in the beauty of writing. Words on paper were a means of transportation. I could be whomever and whatever I wanted to be, as I allowed my imagination to soar. In my youth, I was a quiet...
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...
Andrew Harding ~ A New Breed

Andrew Harding ~ A New Breed

The story in my trilogy had turned out to be strange, fascinating and shocking; born from an incident that happened to me a decade before. I knew then that writing fantasy was for me. My sister’s comment, saying my next books should have more guts to them; meaning...