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Why I Love My Publisher, Part Three

About once a year, I write a blog post that is essentially a love letter to my publisher. I do not mean it to be pandering or gushing or...

Matt Coleman

Jul 25, 20185 min read

We're All Heroes in Our Own Way

The entire world was captivated by the rescue of twelve young soccer players and their coach from a cave in Thailand. People from all...

Joanna Evans

Jul 23, 20182 min read

All Praise Florida Man!

People don’t like being categorized, but I’m proud to call myself a Florida writer. (Fellow Panda Elgon Williams also lives in Florida,...

Ward Parker

Jul 21, 20183 min read

Meanwhile, At The Movies...

I went to the movies to see this, fully expecting Marvel to continue their rather disturbing trend towards silliness. I was very...

Jeff Messick

Jul 20, 20182 min read

World Travel and then some

Recently for my day job, I circled the globe. Left Vancouver, flew to Frankfurt overnight then on to New Delhi, Bangkok, Tokyo and back...

Tony Ollivier

Jul 19, 20182 min read

Interview with Jacob de la Rosa of Perelandra Pictures

In March I had one of the most exciting experiences of my writing career: I worked in the writers room of Real American, an upcoming...

Penni Jones

Jul 19, 20183 min read

The Power of "What If..."

I have a coffee cup that has “I Write. What’s Your Superpower?” written on the side. It may seem a bit smug and self-important at first...

Benny Sims

Jul 17, 20182 min read

Writing: Old Isn't Always Bad.

It isn't always good, either. Picture it. Nashville, 2018. (Sorry, just channeled my inner Sophia Patrillo for a minute.) An author...

Nola Nash

Jul 15, 20182 min read

Editing as Play

Oftentimes in speaking with writers, I find that editing is perhaps--shall we say--not their favorite phase of the process towards a...

Rachel Schoenbauer

Jul 15, 20182 min read

Cheri's 20 Questions! - An Interview With Author, Benny Sims

Welcome to the third edition of Cheri's 20 Questions! My interviewee is the wonderful Benny Sims. Welcome! Benny was born and raised in...

Cheri Champagne

Jul 13, 20186 min read

Sick to Death: An American Medical Epic

The clouds of bacteria were set loose on the 800,000 people of San Francisco one foggy September day in 1950. Serratia mascarens and...

Seth Augenstein

Jul 7, 20183 min read

How to Fail at Writing in 5 Easy Lies

Was there ever a group of people more prone to self-defeating rhetoric than writers? We can be insanely adept at finding ways to talk...

David Valdes Greenwood

Jul 5, 20183 min read

That Nasty (9 Letter) Word

Rejection- that awful nine letter word that makes all human beings- not just writers- cringe. It’s the number one fear of most human...

Laura Kemp

Jul 3, 20183 min read

The Journey of an Author Begins with Brand Building

Some writers may start out thinking that if they write a book everyone will want to read it. It’s kind of like in the movie Field of...

Elgon Williams

Jun 28, 20186 min read

What Do You Mean by "Scary?"

I’m a mystery writer and reader, but for a couple of weeks every summer, I read a bunch of horror novels. Horror novels don’t really...

Laura Ellen Scott

Jun 26, 20183 min read

Empathy, Bean Bag Guns, and Other Acceptable Weapons

Early next month, my second novel, Graffiti Creek, will come out (August 8th ... pre-order your copy now). I have alluded to some of the...

Matt Coleman

Jun 25, 20184 min read

What the teachers are reading

I love hanging out with educators. Just being around them makes me feel smarter, like I'm accidentally learning things with no effort. I...

Penni Jones

Jun 24, 20183 min read

The Balance Between Darkness and Light

I started to write this post intending to let you know more about myself, since you’ll be seeing my name run through this blog now and...