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in ArticlesMysticism Across Literary Lines
by Margaret Dulaney My grandmother studied the writings of the Austrian mystic Rudolf Steiner most of her life. Her child-friendly notions of nature spirits, angels, water sprites and dryads opened a door in my imagination which has never shut. After leaving home, I was to go on a lifelong search of the mystical writings from […] More
Five Books that Inspired The Sum of All Things
By Seb Doubinsky A writer is first and foremost a reader, but a reader with a writing project of their own. This is why a writer never “just reads” books: he/she/they is/are always working, looking for a spark in other books to ignite their own creativity. It is neither stealing, nor appropriating, but transmuting — […] More
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Characters’ Playlist for Wildcat: An Appalachian Romance by Jeffrey Dunn
In my novel Wildcat: An Appalachian Romance, travel back with New Kid to his roots, lured to the once-shuttered Hotel Wildcat, now revitalized as a collective endeavor. Now a retired English teacher, he ventures through this transformed community, a new world unfolds before his eyes. The former mine, once a site for tragedy, now thrives […] More
Playlist for A Lie For a Lie by Jane Buckingham
By Jane Buckingham In the movie of my book A Lie For a Lie that runs in my head, this is the soundtrack that plays on repeat. In fact, whenever I needed to really get in the head of the characters these are the songs I listened to. I created A Lie for a Lie […] More
Playlist for Dr. Z and Matty Take Telegraph
By Ari Rosenschein I began writing Dr. Z and Matty Take Telegraph in the dank, dark depths of November 2020 in Seattle, when the pandemic was in full swing, and no one knew what our collective future would hold. The thought of creating a book set anywhere near the current moment was abhorrent. Masks, temperature checks, Zoom […] More
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Playlist for “The Emporium” from Calvaria Fell: Stories
by Kaaron Warren As “The Emporium” is set in a shopping mall, I knew I needed a soundtrack, both to write to and as part of the story. I asked social media for suggestions and got lots of great ideas, many of which I ignored for my own favourites! While I wanted a ‘classic’ mall […] More
Playlist for The Raek Riders Series
by Melanie K. Moschella When writing my debut series I listened to the same playlist on repeat, and I think that a lot of the emotion in the songs made it into my books. If you can’t tell, I love indie music! It’s understated, heartfelt, and full of the aching tension every good Romantasy book […] More
Playlist for The Adventures of the Flash Gang
by Sandra Waugh and Melanie Murray Downing Our middle-grade trilogy began as a lark—two authors in a writers group decided to co-author the sort of grand adventure they loved as children. The story needed a quirky, memorable, lovable heroine and an unlikely hero—not strong or confident or an overtly natural leader. Extra points if they […] More
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Playlist for Glenn Miller’s new novel, Doorman Wanted
by Glenn Miller In the novel Doorman Wanted, Henry Franken has a problem with money – he has too much of it. That’s the logline that occurred to me while I was in the final stages of writing this book about a doorman with money issues. Most people have money problems in that they don’t […] More
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