They Don’t Call It the Submission Process for Nothing
What actually goes on behind the curtain of “being published?” How does it feel when you get your advance? Is it fun? Exciting? Does it involve riches, fame, and groupies?…
The Long Walk Home
Imagine losing your high-paying job as an executive after almost thirty years at a multibillion-dollar company. How would you react? When it happened to author James Brian Kerr, the answer…
54 Holly Lane
Ashleigh and Tommy Gallagher are full-fledged members of the “Sandwich Generation” who move in with Tommy’s aging parents, John and Peggy, to rescue them from bankruptcy. At the same time,…
Secrets Most Writers and Publishers Will Never Tell You
They say everyone has a book inside them—and that may be true. But too many would-be writers get lost somewhere between inspiration and publication. Packed with hard truths and insider…
100 Great Writing Prompts For Kids
It’s never too early to start on the path to becoming a writer. We’ve compiled this collection of 100 great writing prompts to encourage younger people to use their creativity,…
Write Something Every Day: 365 Daily Writing Prompts to Get Your Pen Moving
Writers write, and the best writers try to write (at least a little bit) every day. Writing coach and editor Tara Tomczyk helps you overcome the fear of the blank…
Salt On a Robin’s Tail
Andrea Kott thought of herself as “the welfare Jew.” The daughter of a single mother whose depression and drinking pitched them into poverty, her stormy life looked nothing like that…
The Invention of Everything
From award-winning author Everett De Morier comes a new book: The Invention of Everything: Insights on Life, Food, and One Good Thermos. This funny and insightful book is the perfect…
Falling From Grace
When Grace Chantry moves back to her small hometown of Tarn Junction, she’s lost everything from her big-city life except the one thing she’s kept secret: her selectively mute foster…
Eye of Horace
In this modern-day retelling of an ancient Egyptian myth, Iris Cairo has it all: a loving husband, a successful business, a supportive family. Unfortunately, she also has a not-so-secret admirer, her…
The Birds of Brookside Manor
Beverly Grady may just be the world’s loneliest woman. Her husband is dead, she hates her sister, and she has no friends—other than the birds she watches every day in…
A Cinderella Story
We all know the story: The beautiful girl overcomes her obstacles, falls in love with Prince Charming, and lives happily ever after. But what happens after reality sets in—when life…
Thirty-Three Cecils
In 1992 — when Amy Fisher dominated every news channel — there lived two men. The first was a once prominent cartoonist who had a very public fall from grace. The other…