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What, Why, How: Elizabeth Meyette

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I write a little mystery, a little history, a little romance. My first two books, Love’s Destiny and Love’s Spirit, are historical romances set during the American Revolution. That is my favorite period of history, and I think this era is sadly neglected and overshadowed by Regency novels. The editions were bundled as The Brentwood Saga by my publisher, Crimson Romance/Simon & Schuster.

The third book in the series, Love’s Courage, was published in January 2018. Though it is a sequel,...

Feel-Good Facebook

 

Because “There’s too much sensationalism, misinformation, and polarization in the world today,” Mark Zuckerberg said,  users’ newsfeeds will now prioritize meaningful social interactions over relevant content. It will be a major overhaul to change the feed after Facebook was called out on spreading false news from untrustworthy sources during the 2016 presidential election.

Zuckerberg thinks the solution is to have the “community determine which sources are broadly trusted.”

Really?

What y...

What, Why, How: Melanie Jayne

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What Are You Doing?

I ask myself that several times a day. When I was approaching my fiftieth birthday, I did a great deal of thinking. I wasn’t afraid of the birthday, I don’t look fifty (thanks to years of avoiding the sun and good moisturizer) and I certainly don’t act it. I worried about all of the time that I had wasted and how much there was left to do. So I made lists of places I wanted to see, things that I wanted to experience, and the person that I wanted to be. I wanted to le...

Oopsie Confessions

If you’re feeling glum, check out the #ionce thread on Twitter for terrific comic relief as people confess their grand oopsies. It brought back so many memories of my own gaffes.

I share them with you, in hopes that you’ll share yours with me.

#ionce

#ionce felt dizzy in middle school, raised my hand, and told the teacher I felt faint as I fainted.

#ionce took my boss’s show dog, a bull mastiff, for a walk to impress her with how I could handle dogs. He got spooked by another dog and took of...

What, Why, How: Ruth Ebenstein

Photo by Yitz Woolf What:

I’m revising my forthcoming memoir, Bosom Buddies: How Breast Cancer fostered an Unexpected Friendship across the Israeli-Palestinian Divide. It’s a narrative that I’ve penned, with humor and self-reflection (or so I hope!), about the improbable and unexpected sisterhood that grew between me, an American-Israeli Orthodox Jewess living in Jerusalem, and Ibtisam Erekat, a devout Muslim Palestinian in Abu Dis. We met through a support group for Israeli and Palestinian b...

What, Why, How: Dan Alatorre

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What do I do? Good question. My wife wants to know, too. She sees me at the computer for hours and hours, but it takes a long time for a book to be produced, so she’s certain I’ve got an online gambling addiction or I’m playing Words With Friends or something.

But what I do is make people laugh. Or cry. Sometimes on the same page. Or I make them see things they thought they knew, but suddenly everything is upside down and they are looking at the world in a whole new way.

What I do is te...

What, Why, How: Sylvia Hubbard

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I’ve always been a writer according to my mother. She said I lied to her a bunch when I was 6/7. After a great butt whoopin’, she ordered me to write my lie down and repeat it back to her.

My pain became my pleasure and I found writing was a joy, an addiction… my passion.

I thank my mother. Not for the butt whoopin’, but for channeling my “power” to something that would afford me so much happiness.

Why:

I love romance? When I was about twelve, I was passed a salacious book at the libra...

My Last Christmas with Mom

My granddaughter, son, mom, and daughter, 2012 My fondest Christmas memory

is a more recent one from 2012. Prior to Christmas, my brother and I helped move my mother, age 91, to an assisted living home in Rochester, just minutes from my house. Within a few months, COPD and a heart condition took its toll, and Thelma had a pacemaker, was wheelchair bound and on oxygen. She was of sound mind, however, and concerned about Christmas. So before the weather turned nasty, I packed up her oxygen tank...

What, Why, How: Melissa Keir

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I write small town romances. Having grown up in a small town, I love the type of community it is. Yes, everyone knows everyone else’s business but sometimes that is a good thing, especially in today’s day and age. My stories take place in contemporary times. One of my series is set in a fictional town of Whisper, Colorado. Everyone comes to town and finds happiness then never wants to leave. So the characters from one story often show up in another story. My optimal length is a novella...

What, Why, How: Alora Kate

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I’m a multi-genre author who goes against the grain and writes what truly speaks to me. My characters are unique, different and bother me all the time. I love it. I love what I do. Right now I’m working on two different books; an ugly cry book, and a psychological thriller.

Why:

I’ve always had an active imagination but it look awhile for me to realize where to put that creativity. I write, I’m a graphic design and I’m also an artist. I feel like they all go together in one way or anot...