WIP Blog

  • Author Interview with Haddessah Anne Brice

    Author Interview with Haddessah Anne Brice

    We are so excited to meet with one of our wonderful children’s author’s Haddessah Anne Brice, or as we like to call her, Haddie. Her children book, Once Upon A Tower, about a young princess under the thumb of her cruel parents, is available now for purchase! It was artfully illustrated by Emily St. Marie Read more

  • The Art of Writing a Book Blurb

    The Art of Writing a Book Blurb

    There often comes a point during the publishing process in which you will be asked to write a #BookBlurb. Now, don’t start panicking just yet. You’ve been doing this for years (even if you didn’t know it).  Everytime a friend asks you about a movie and you give them the quick rundown– the main character Read more

  • Author Interview with M.E. Shao

    Author Interview with M.E. Shao

    Recently, I had the pleasure of doing an interview with author (and basically comedian) M.E. Shao. He’s a renaissance man, having achieved some impressive personal and professional accomplishments. He was kind enough to share a little about himself, his writing style AND his adorable puppy Pipsqueak. Thanks so much for sitting down with me today, Read more

  • 6 Tips on Being an Author

    6 Tips on Being an Author

    What exactly is “being” an author? Well, we are all authors, believe it or not. When we write emails, texts, and make grocery lists, we are all authoring words. But, to be an author of a story, now that’s something else entirely. Or is it? We’re going to stop you there and say no. Being Read more

  • An Interview with Maria James-Thiaw

    An Interview with Maria James-Thiaw

    “A health care system built on bias and inequity, a system of policing that snatches our sons & daughters from our arms, and a pandemic painting a target on our backs – this is 2020 through the eyes of a black woman with chronic illness. If you’ve ever been dismissed, ignored, suspected, or accused by Read more

  • An Interview with Melissa R. Mendelson

    An Interview with Melissa R. Mendelson

    “This Will Remain With Us is a collection of poems written during the Covid-19 pandemic when Melissa Mendelson suddenly found herself declared an “essential worker.” In the midst of the turmoil, she turned to poetry to document and cope with the challenge of the lockdown, and isolation. A philosophical, liminal, insightful collection of poetry from Read more