An interview on writing, self-publishing, audience growth, and the long life of a book By Elizabeth Simmons Mary E. Trimble is an award-winning author whose work spans novels, memoir, travel, and personal experience. Her writing draws from a life of adventure, including Peace Corps service in West Africa, sailing in the South Pacific, RV travel,ContinueContinue reading “Mary E. Trimble on Self-Publishing, Creative Independence, and Finding Readers (Part 2)”
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Mary E. Trimble on Self-Publishing, Creative Independence, and Finding Readers (Part 1)
An interview on writing, self-publishing, audience growth, and the long life of a book By Elizabeth Simmons Mary E. Trimble is an award-winning author whose work spans novels, memoir, travel, and personal experience. Her writing draws from a life of adventure, including Peace Corps service in West Africa, sailing in the South Pacific, RV travel,ContinueContinue reading “Mary E. Trimble on Self-Publishing, Creative Independence, and Finding Readers (Part 1)”
From Historical Fact to Historical Fiction
By Suzanne Stauffer Whether you are writing historical fiction, thinking about writing historical fiction, or reading historical fiction, perhaps you have asked yourself about the process of turning historical fact into historical fiction. Definitions Historical fiction is defined as fiction set at least 50 years earlier than the time when it is written. It includesContinueContinue reading “From Historical Fact to Historical Fiction”
To Blog or Not to Blog
By Eilene Lyon Back when I created my first blog on January 1, 2018, I’d heard that blogs were “on the way out.” (Haven’t we heard that about books—like, forever?) I’m happy to report that my posts are getting read as much as ever. If you have a website, you can likely include a blogContinueContinue reading “To Blog or Not to Blog”
A Key to Finding New Readers
By Vicki Felmlee We all know readers are in libraries, book clubs, book stores, author signings and festivals, etc., but your readers are in other places as well. Where? Closer than you think. Many of us have read (or been advised) to set up a business entity as an important part of your writing career.ContinueContinue reading “A Key to Finding New Readers”
Juneteenth: A Bibliography
Juneteenth: a few references on the Black experience in the American West By Leslie Budewitz (Originally published June 19, 2025, on the author’s blog) Juneteenth—the commemoration of the day news of the end of slavery reached Galveston, Texas—is a day to celebrate Black history in the United States. And while we often think of historyContinueContinue reading “Juneteenth: A Bibliography”
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