This story came to me back in October 2020, when I was an accomplished writer of heart wrenching IT compliance documents. That day, I was working on...
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Words with a Wordsmith: Marthese Fenech
The Pen is Mightier than the Halberd What music do you listen to when you write? Epic scores...
A Surgeon and a Spy
Words with a Wordsmith Vanessa Riley
What’s your favorite under-appreciated novel? I believe Sister Mother Warrior is under-appreciated, mainly because many people haven't had the...
5 Historical Novels Set at Sea
Imagine you are on a wooden ship in the middle of the storm. The waves are spilling onto the deck. The wind is threatening to break the mast. The...
5 Stories about Jewish Life and Music in Abigail’s Song
Many years ago, when I was eight, my grandmother Rina Fridman gave me a dry cracker to try. It was bland, but I ate it anyway. “It’s called matzah....
Hidden History of Secret Messages (Cryptography)
Imprisoned and sentenced to execution, Sir John Trevanion had little chance of avoiding his terrible fate. Hours from death, he retained a slight...
Words with a Wordsmith Rachel Callaghan
Rachel Callaghan's Novel: Under Water How many unpublished and half-finished books do you have? The second finished novel to be published soon is...
New Year, New Books: Alina Rubin
Abigail's Song, Hearts and Harmony Book 1, is coming January 10, 2024. Narrowly avoiding a life on the streets in 1810 England, orphaned Abigail is...
Abigail’s Song
Words with a Wordsmith Lindsey S. Fera
Lindsey S. Fera's Books What literary pilgrimages have you gone on? I've gone on several for my Muskets Trilogy. The easiest ones were close to...
Celebrating New Year in the Soviet Union
One of the signs of getting older is when the decade of your childhood is designated as “historic.” Since I grew up in a country that no longer...
Top 5 PLW Blogs about Writing
Early in 2021, I woke up with a tingling sensation under my skin. The series of scenes that I kept seeing in my head over the last few months came...
Hearts by the Sea
Words with a Wordsmith S. Lee Fisher
The Women of Campbell County Saga What period of history do you wish you knew more about? As a member of the DAR (Daughters of the...
Women at Sea
Fiction often portrays that women were unwelcome on ships. According to superstition, women brought bad luck to the voyage. Yet, in British Royal...
Alina Rubin is the winner of the Soon to Be Famous Illinois Author Project
April 24, 2023 the Soon to Be Famous Illinois Author Project recognized Alina Rubin in a live media event hosted by the Niles-Maine Library....
Writing A Second Book
Writing changed my life. Then publishing changed my life in more ways. I’m about to become a two-book Mama, I mean author. I loved watching my...
No Job for a Woman
A Girl with a Knife
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