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- Sep 21, 2018
- 5 min
Ken Goldstein: What's Eating Brother Elon?
Let’s start with what needs to be said before all else: I am an enormous fan of Elon Musk. I think he is quite likely the most important...

- Sep 6, 2018
- 4 min
Peter Murphy: Writing about Siblings
In previous posts I have discussed various aspects of writing about family, and I hope they have been of value to readers. In this post,...

- Sep 4, 2018
- 3 min
Peter Murphy: A Few Helpful Tips on Raising Writers
In this ongoing series of posts, I, without expertise, prejudice, or agenda, will share my insights and/or observations on writing about...

- Aug 30, 2018
- 3 min
Peter Murphy: A Few Helpful Tips on Writing about Family
Writing about family can be a very dangerous business because not all families teem with the ideals of unconditional love and the...

- Aug 28, 2018
- 4 min
Peter Murphy: Writing about Family
Just as the next (last) book is about to go out and meet the world, I got a nice message from my publisher informing me that the number...

- Aug 24, 2018
- 7 min
Ken Goldstein: Three Thousand Ears in Cape Town
You're probably thinking there is a typo in that headline. Nope. It's correct. Not years. Ears. This is a story about service. This is a...

- Aug 23, 2018
- 3 min
Cara Sue Achterberg: We're All Just Practicing Normal
I live on a rural street. My neighbors are measured by miles, not feet. We have plenty of “head cases” (my husband’s term) out here....

- Aug 23, 2018
- 2 min
Lynn Voedisch: Twin Souls
My first Story Plant novel, The God’s Wife, came about for the oddest of reasons. The book, a historical fiction/fantasy, basically...

- Aug 23, 2018
- 2 min
Molly D. Campbell: What If?
Every novel has a premise. They start with just a whim or an idea in the author’s head. What if this happened? My novel Keep the Ends...

- Jul 6, 2018
- 5 min
Ken Goldstein: Why Do We Do Difficult Things?
I've been out on book tour for the launch of my new novel, From Nothing. At one of the early talks I began with a simple question: Why do...