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An Interview with Laurie Bowler

Laurie Bowler is a bestselling author based in Hampshire, UK. She is known for weaving compelling stories across fantasy, young adult, and sci-fi genres. Her books resonate with a wide audience, drawing in readers who crave richly imagined worlds and deeply layered characters.

An Interview with Jamie Lynn House

Jamie Lynn House grew up in Pennsylvania before heading west to study film and fashion in California, where she later earned her degree from California State University, Dominguez Hills. Now living in North Carolina with her husband and two children, Jamie brings a passionate voice to fiction, writing stories that center strong, complex women navigating personal and social upheaval.

An Interview with J.F. Hopper

J.F. Hopper writes mythic fantasy through the voice of Lirian Ever-Weaver, a bard born of firelight and fading memory. Rooted in Celtic myth and shaped by a love of storytelling, his work blends the epic with the intimate—where ghost-kissed warriors rise, ancient powers stir, and the long echo of song may yet shape the fate of a world. He lives in Kansas City, where he writes, teaches, and keeps the storyfire lit.

An Interview with Russell J. Sanders

A life spent in Texas led to a relocation adventure, and native Texas author Russell J. Sanders now resides in Las Vegas, Nevada. He and his husband were compelled to set out for parts unknown, and that led them to Vegas, where they are supremely happy. But they don’t stay put. They’ve traveled the world, journeying to England, France, Italy, Japan, India, Bali, Jakarta, Toronto, Quebec City, Nova Scotia, Vancouver, Alaska, and Hawaii. And his novels are infused with locations as near as Ft. Worth, Chicago, Houston, Las Vegas, and as far away as Halifax. Who knows where he will lead readers next?

An Interview with River 瑩瑩 Dandelion

River 瑩瑩 Dandelion walks with his ancestors. He is a practitioner of ancestral medicine through writing, teaching, energy healing, and creating ceremony. He is the author of remembering (y)our light, (Dandelion Books, 2023), a debut chapbook on honoring matriarchs and ancestors across generations, which was a finalist for the 2025 North Street Book Prize. He is the winner of the 2024 Lambda Literary Award for Exceptional New LGBTQ Writers.

An Interview with Brandon Osborn

Brandon Keith Osborn is a filmmaker, photographer, and storyteller based in Los Angeles. After years of visual storytelling through commercial and documentary work, he began developing long form narratives that blend grounded sci-fi, philosophical inquiry, and emotionally raw character arcs. His debut novel, The Panatharta Chronicles: Shadow Falls, was accepted for publication in 2025, though he later decided to pursue a broader creative rollout—including cinematic development and agency representation.

An Interview with Barbara Fischkin

Barbara Fischkin is the author of three books of narrative nonfiction and fiction and is currently writing an autism-related historical novel (working title “The Digger Resistance”). The book spans the years 1900–present and takes place in Ukraine and other European and American locales. She holds a SUNY interdisciplinary Master of Liberal Studies Degree in “Autism Past and Present,” and has taught journalism at three universities. Her books include Muddy Cup: A Dominican Family Comes of Age in a New America—published by Scribner and considered a landmark work about Dominican immigration to the United States—and two satiric novels published by Bantam Dell at Random House: Exclusive and Confidential Sources.

An Interview with Diosa Xochiquetzalcóatl

Diosa Xochiquetzalcóatl, or Diosa X for short, is a multilingual and multidimensional spoken word artist, workshop facilitator, and international poetiza. She is a seasoned language arts educator with a Bachelor’s in English and a Master’s in Cross-Cultural Teaching. Diosa X was selected Regional 2nd Runner Up in Inlandia’s Hillary Gravendyke’s Poetry Prize in 2023 for her poetry collection titled When the Leaves Come Tumbling Down: An A to Z Poetry Collection About Loss. She was also selected as finalist for Somos en escrito’s Best Raza Short Story Award in 2023 for her piece titled The Weight of the Scales.

An Interview with Lisa Overton

I’m a queer femme feminist, a politics lecturer by day, and a seashore wanderer whenever I can sneak away (with my gorgeous dog). My teaching spans sustainable development, human rights, gender, sexualities, intersectionality, and research methods. I have a particular interest in creative approaches to research—especially storytelling. In my work, I explore power relations—from institutions to intimate relationships—using a queering approach to experiment with possibilities and challenge norms. I use she/her or they/them pronouns.

An Interview with Gen Velzian

Hailing from Somerset in the UK, Gen is a writer of short stories, poetry, and fiction novels. Her romantasy novel Fayte & Blood has been called “immersive, gripping and romantic” (Bigreads). Both Gen and her husband can “work from anywhere,” and she can often be found writing in underground bunkers in Seoul, bridge-side coffee shops in Vietnam, and beach bars in Thailand. Fayte & Blood is the start of a series; the second novel, Fayte & Bone released in late May 2025. She can be found on TikTok and Instagram @worldofvieve.

An Interview with Aziza Kibibi

Aziza Kibibi is a New Jersey–born author, activist, media personality, and mother whose work bridges memoir and mission. Her landmark memoir, Unashamed: a life tainted… Vols. 1 & 2, chronicles her survival of incestuous abuse, child molestation, and violence, and has cemented her reputation as a fearless storyteller. Her voice reaches far beyond the page: she’s been featured on Investigation Discovery, ABC, PIX11, FOX5, and Glamour magazine. Her memoir has earned widespread acclaim across platforms.

An Interview with Cornelia J. Glynn

I am German and my six-month-to-a-year stay in London has just had a fiftieth anniversary, so you might have guessed I’m no longer a spring chicken, though to look at I could lie and say I am an autumn hen). My career path is rather varied—twenty-five years in the music business and a short spell in TV (behind the scenes—I was not a screen goddess…), after which I retrained as a homeopathic practitioner and later taught Hawaiian healing massage.

An Interview with Dottie Lee

For as long as I can remember, I have always kept pencils, pens, paper, notebooks, close at hand. My mother said I was born to scribble! For too many years, I believed that description of myself. I began writing in journals when a pre-teen. Now—well, now I am a great-grandmother, eighty-three years spent growing and changing behind me. For most of my years, I have journaled, and from those books of various types and sizes I have gathered materials for three books. I find that rather surprising! Perhaps Scribbler is a very good type to be!

An Interview with Titania Tempest

Titania Tempest is a lifelong writer of epic fantasy who somehow stumbled into publishing a women’s fiction romcom as her debut novel. She’s still trying to figure out how that happened, but overjoyed all the same.

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How to Write a Cover Letter to a Publisher

Are you ready to embark on a thrilling adventure into the world of publishing? Whether you’re a seasoned wordsmith or a budding author, an attractive cover letter is the golden ticket to capturing a publisher’s attention and getting your book on shelves. Though writing a cover letter can be a daunting task, fear not! We’re here to help unravel the mysteries of crafting an engaging, effective cover letter.

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Writing for Different Age Groups: Middle Grade, YA, and Adult Fiction

The magic happens when you stop thinking about writing for an age group and start thinking about writing to real people who just happen to be that age. Kids aren’t small adults, teenagers aren’t dramatic kids, and adults aren’t just older teenagers. Each group has its own wisdom, its own way of seeing the world, and its own stories that need telling.