The power of dialogue After action, dialogue is the second most powerful tool for bringing fiction to life. It is when characters are quoted while they speak to each other. However, dialogue is not a speech transcript, but a distillation. As an exercise, you might record a conversation between two…
Pirates and treasure, the timeless theme in adventurous fiction, takes center stage in Mikel B. Classen’s second edition of Lake Superior Tales: Stories of Humor and Adventure in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula Published by the Modern History Press (November 2018), the book includes ten stories that span the 19th century through present day,…
Attorney-At-Paw Diane Wing Modern History Press c/o Loving Healing Press 5145 Pontiac Trail, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 9781615993970, $27.95, HC, 186pp Synopsis: Autumn Clarke survived the car crash that killed her parents. To help her cope with PTSD, she adopts Chrissy, a Shih Tzu with a remarkable secret. Chrissy is…
Cowper’s Bookshelf Sanchita Karma and Other Tales of Ethics and Choice from India K. V. Dominic Modern History Press 9781615993949, $25.95, HC, 146pp, www.amazon.com Synopsis: K.V. Dominic is one of India’s leading contemporary English poets. In “Sanchita Karma and Other Tales of Ethics and Choice from India” he takes his…
Modern History Press is proud to announce that its latest fiction title Louisiana Catch by author and speaker Sweta Srivastava Vikram has been nominated for a Voices of the Year (VOTY) Award at BlogHer. With its Women-Inspiring-Women mission, BlogHer is a women-centered movement of both the written and the spoken word by…
By Sweta Vikram It’s 5 am on Saturday, April 7. My head is ready to explode. I am supposed to speak at a wellness conference in Pennsylvania in a few hours and on Tuesday, April 10, my debut U.S. novel, “Louisiana Catch,” comes out. That very evening, I am doing an intimate wine and reading…
by Attiya Abbass In conversation with the award-winning author and brains behind books like Saffron Dreams, Beyond the Cayenne Wall, My Friend Suhana, A Manual for Marco and Rani in Search of A Rainbow It is a success of a writer if their inscriptions prepossess a power to impact even…
by Sweta Vikram Creativity takes vulnerability. Creativity takes courage. Creativity takes honesty. As Brené Brown so eloquently says, “Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it. Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky but not nearly as dangerous as giving up on…
U.P. Publishers & Authors Association Announces Winners of First Dandelion Cottage Short Story Contest MARQUETTE, MI (April 27, 2018) — The U.P. Publishers and Authors Association (UPPAA) has announced the winners of its first Dandelion Cottage Short Story Contest. UPPAA, established in 1998 as an organization for anyone from or…
Photograph commemorating the launch of The Poetry of T.V. Reddy: A Critical Study of Humanistic Concerns.
A rhyming title for an essay, you must wonder. Full disclaimer: I am a poet at heart; the crossover to writing and publishing a novel has been transformative, and I wanted to share some things I learned. I won’t lie; it’s been exciting, humbling and exhausting. The release of my…
For Immediate Release Contact: Tyler Tichelaar (906) 226-1543 President@UPPAA.org www.UPPAA.org U.P. Publishers & Authors Association Holds 21st Annual Conference: Publishing & Book Marketing Industry to Be Explored MARQUETTE, MI (April 15, 2018) -In its constant commitment to informing regional authors and publishers of the latest changes in the publishing world…
“Another new novel tackles social issues from diverse perspectives” by Judy Christie Louisiana shows up frequently as a setting in books – from love stories to mysteries to family dramas to horror. (All 10 of my novels are set in Louisiana, by the way.) So I was intrigued when I…
presenting contributors from “How Dare We! Write: A Multicultural Creative Writing Discourse” edited by Sherry Quan Lee Wednesday, April 18, 2018 7:00 p.m. curated by Michael Kiesow Moore and Ardie Medina The reading will be at The Bockley Gallery 2123 W 21st Street, Minneapolis (couple doors down from Birchbark Books)…
A rhyming title for an essay, you must wonder. Full disclaimer: I am a poet at heart; the crossover to writing and publishing a novel has been transformative, and I wanted to share some things I learned. I won’t lie; it’s been exciting, humbling and exhausting. The release of my…
by Sherry Quan Lee, author, Love Imagined a mixed race memoir As an author of Loving Healing Press (LHP), I have experienced opportunity, generosity, and most of all trust. The unconditional trust Victor evokes builds confidence, credibility, and motivation as author(s) and publisher work together to gather, publish, and promote stories…
