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A.S. King's Backstory
In the late 17th century, famed pirate Emer Morrisey was on the cusp of escaping pirate life with her one true love and unfathomable riches when she was slain and cursed with the dust of 100 dogs,...
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Pam Jenoff's Backstory
Almost Home is the culmination of a vision I've had for more than a decade. The idea arose when I was still living in Europe in the mid-nineties. I was traveling through Spain with two friends, one...
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Monica Carter's Backstory
I've always considered myself more spiritual than religious, so it's somewhat interesting that I've found myself in a Christian fiction book contract. I didn't really set out to write Christian...
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Elizabeth Flock's Backstory
The X Factor or Why I Wrote SLEEPWALKING IN DAYLIGHTI had it easy. Here’s how I came to write my new novel, SLEEPWALKING IN DAYLIGHT. All I had to do was surreptitiously take notes when my drunken...
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Lynne Reeves Griffin's Backstory
I began writing fiction in 2000. I needed an outlet for my thoughts and feelings following the death of my mother. At the time, I was overwhelmed with emotion and my work counseling parents was very...
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Emily Listfield's Backstory
My upcoming novel, BEST INTENTIONS built on this kernel of an idea: What happens when you think you know what the person you love is thinking – and you’re dead wrong? I think we’ve all experienced...
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Anna Elliott's Backstory
For me to say that the idea for my novel Twilight of Avalon came to me in a dream seems almost too fantastic a story to be believed. But it really is true, and it happened this way: It was an...
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Therese Walsh's Backstory
A Sweet, No-Bake Tale of SuccessYou are a lover of words. One day, you will write a book. That fortune, cracked free of a cookie after eating my favorite Chinese meal of chicken and broccoli (extra...
View ArticleThe internet is killing storytelling
Click, tweet, e-mail, twitter, skim, browse, scan, blog, text: the jargon of the digital age describes how we now read, reflecting the way that the very act of reading, and the nature of literacy...
View ArticleBackstory is moving
Backstory where authors share the- secrets, truths, logical and illogical moments that sparked thier fiction or memoirs is moving to Likefire - a great blog for readers. If you have written a novel or...
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The NYT is Nothing Compared to Oprah
If the rumor is true (and Publisher's Lunch just sent out this photograph that came from booksellers)... then... brilliant book and brilliant book club pick or not ... Since Jan 2005, Oprah has...
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