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Why a Book on Empathy?

I recently authored a book, How Empathy Changes Everything. So, you might ask, why did you write a book on empathy? The short answer is that I was asked to do so, but that really doesn’t explain it. I love to write. I write a weekly column, and I do it because I like doing it. It’s sort of my contribution to what I call public theology and ethics. I love writing. I gave sermons for forty years in churches, which means I have probably written over two thousand sermons. Very few of them were reruns because I enjoyed writing the sermons even more than preaching them. It was not unlike writing a ten-page term paper every week, and I loved the writing process. When I was in school, I gravitated towards classes where writing papers was the key element. I love to write.

Neuroplasticity for Emotional Well-Being

One of the most important recovery objectives, as promoted in A Survivor’s Common Sense Approach to Recovery from Social Anxiety, is the client’s understanding and use of self-directed neuroplasticity. Neuroplasticity restructures our neural network through rapid, deliberate positive stimulation to offset the abundance of negative information in our brain’s metabolism.

Getting to Know Eva Leppard

By Bruce Buchanan Eva Leppard comes to Wild Ink from the Australian state of Tasmania—“About as close to Antarctica as you can get without having to build an igloo,” she likes to say. She brings with her a creativity honed by Douglas Adams and BBC television, a willingness to look at age-old questions in new … Continue reading Getting to Know Eva Leppard →

An Interview with Christopher DeWitt

I’ve been a fan of Louis L’Amour paperback westerns since my dad introduced them to me when I was a kid. There was a rather throw-away line in one of them referencing this character John Murrell and how he wanted to set up his own empire within the American south. The idea intrigued me right away and I started researching the story. The more I researched, the more fascinating it became, and I thought it had the potential to make a good novel.

Talking with William J. Connell

by Abigail Wild and William J. Connell What sparked the idea for your current Wild Ink book? My current book is “Masks of Death.” The idea for it came from people who read drafts of my upcoming book, “Race with the Black Death.” People liked “Race” but had questions about the protagonists and the events … Continue reading Talking with William J. Connell →

Meet Bruce Buchanan

In anticipation of his upcoming YA debut, I sat down with Bruce Buchanan, an Associated Press award-winning author. What unfolded was a fascinating chat into his process, the characters & worlds he creates, and how he made his start. His next two books, THE BLACKSMITH'S BOY and THE CERULEAN BLUR are both signed to Wild Ink Publishing.

How To Market Your Book: The Secret Everyone Knows

This will probably not be your typical marketing advice, but I also haven’t had the typical career one might associate with being an author. In short, here’s my message: inspiration is a fleeting emotion, but discipline is a reliable system.

Getting to Know Wild Ink Author C.R. Reece

Knowing you want to be a writer but fearing that you may not be good enough is exactly the thought that ran through Courtney (C.R.) Reece’s mind. While it took time to overcome her fear, she has officially become not only a writer, but a published author (one of the three things she loves). The other two are spending time outdoors and with her family.

Meet Maria James-Thiaw, a WIP Poet

How do you decide to become a poet? For Maria James-Thiaw, it was easy. She has known she was a poet since the age of four–it only took her learning the alphabet to string words together to make beautiful lyrical pieces. By the age of seven, she had gone to share her poems on her father’s TV show, making herself and her work known. She has since become an award-winning poet, performer, and playwright.