For this discussion post, we are joining the Fantasy With Friends discussion with Pages Unbound. This week’s prompt: Some people argue that fantasy isn’t worth reading because it’s not about real things. What’s your response? Julie: Those people can go eff all the way off! Because here’s the thing: fantasy is a wonderful […]
Title: The Secrets of Unicornia: Four Magical Adventures Full of Sparkle and Wonder! by Ana Punset; Illustrated by Diana Vicedo (Candlewick, for ages 5-7, on sale 10/13/2026) Expect four times the charm with this shimmering quartet of adventures. A school trip to the Frozen Palace. A magical unicorn show. A sky-high camping trip. And sparkliest […]
Guest Post: What Writing a Practical Money Guide Taught Me About Financial Advice By Junior O. Osiemi Financial advice is everywhere. A short video promises a tax trick. A social post announces a foolproof investment. A headline suggests that one financial strategy works for everyone. But when I worked on THE ZERO TAX BLUEPRINT, one lesson […]
Guest Post: Turning Remembered Life into a Memoir: What Writing STENHOUSE Taught Me By M. G. Judge, writing as Bill Rectangle Memory does not arrive neatly divided into chapters. It arrives as flashes: a street corner, a school corridor, the sound of a record playing, the feel of a football at your feet, the first […]
You hand your story to a friend. A few days later they hand it back with a smile. “I loved it!” It feels great for about an hour. Then you realise you have learned nothing. Honest, useful feedback is one of the hardest things for a writer to find. Here is why it is so […]
Guest Post: HOW I KEPT ONE DAY FROM BECOMING THE WHOLE BOOK When I began shaping my life into a memoir, I discovered a strange problem: the most dramatic day was also the easiest day to overuse. I was seventeen when a dive into the sea at Rimini changed my physical condition completely. It would […]
WOW! WOMEN ON WRITING TOUR OF When Women Talk Volume 3, Notes From The Future Title: Book Summary Ever wish you could call your younger self and say, “It’s going to be okay”? In When Women Talk: Notes From the Future, ten incredibly diverse women look back and do just that. […]
Title: Author: Kirill Khrestinin Release Date: August 26, 2026 Blurb: Laura Jones leaves her grandfather’s Arizona ranch for Los Angeles, certain her real life is waiting there. She wants to be an actress. She finds a man who knows how to keep that dream alive—and how to use it against her. Then another man arrives, […]
One Night Band Stand Julia Kent (Get What You Need, #2) Publication date: September 30th 2026 Genres: Adult, Comedy, Contemporary, Romance Who accidentally has a one-night stand with her alumni band director? Yep. Me. I know what you’re thinking. Whoops! I slipped on some valve oil and accidentally landed on his baton during a rousing […]
What Writing HUMAN Taught Me About Staying Human in the Age of AI By Justin Thomas Writing a book called HUMAN at this exact moment in time felt a little ironic. Everywhere you look, people are talking about AI. What it can do. What jobs it might replace. How much faster it can make us. […]