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Six Riveting Sports Fiction Books That Score Big

Sports make a great backdrop for a book. Many of us have played a sport at one time or another in our lives. We likely know the thrill of a score. The camaraderie of being on a team. The thrill of facing an opponent. The joy of a win. The…

Jenni L. WalshJanuary 15, 2025

Fiction Listicles

For Auld Lang Syne: Books Set on New Year’s Eve

High noon. Midnight. When a novel or movie is set at one of those precipitous times, the conflict is built right into the story. The reader instantly knows something is ending, and something is beginning. And to put the focus of action right at that pivotal moment is a laser…

Hank Phillippi RyanDecember 30, 2024

Fiction

Meet a Trailblazer, Tennis Champion and Spy in New Historical Fiction

With a flair for mining out remarkable women from obscurity in history, Jenny L. Walsh has once again unearthed the extraordinary in her latest novel Ace, Marvel, Spy. Alice Marble was a trailblazer, tennis champion, spy, and overall American icon. I’ll be the first to admit that I had never…

J'nell CiesielskiJanuary 3, 2025

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5 YA Holiday Romances to Warm Your Heart

How is everyone? By the time this posts, those who are celebrating Christmas, or are in communities where holiday preparations are at their peak might either be bursting with excitement or exhaustion. Our to-do lists might seem impossible to overcome, our schedules packed to the brim. But we have books—print,…

Tif MarceloDecember 23, 2024

Fiction Listicles

Upcoming Releases That Capture the Indomitable Spirit of Women

If you’re like me, you’re already scoping out novels releasing in 2025 to add to your to-be-read list. From what I’m seeing, it’s shaping up to be a fabulous year of reading, in part because of the amazing-sounding novels releasing from Tall Poppy writers, spanning historical fiction to contemporary women’s…

Jenni L. WalshDecember 2, 2024

Miscellany

Say “What?” When Readers’ Responses Amaze and Intrigue Authors

Long before a novel lands on shelves — or in online shopping carts — it’s a bone the author’s imagination picks with her as she’s walking the dog, doing laundry, or stuck in the Lincoln Tunnel at rush hour. Next comes the outline she writes, tosses, and replaces; the drafts…

Lisa Williamson RosenbergNovember 25, 2024

Fiction Listicles

Spend Time With Feel-Good Book Familias This Holiday Season

Happy Holidays, from my book familias to yours! It’s that time of year when we gather for the holidays. If your family is like my familia, your celebration probably involves favorite activities, traditions, and customs. In casa Oliveras (aka, my family home), November, December, and January are a mix of…

Priscilla OliverasNovember 14, 2024

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Pantser vs. Plotter: Authors Debate the Best Approach to Writing

In another life, I’m a writer who meticulously plans out the entire trajectory of my book before I even touch my fingers to the keyboard. When I sit down to work, I refer to the chapter outline I created, which maps out every beat of the story. So straightforward! So…

Victoria SchadeNovember 1, 2024

Fiction Listicles

Explore These 6 Novels About Road Trips

If there’s one thing I’ve learned from chatting with readers about the premise for my new novel, Catch You Later, it’s this: A fictional road trip is the next best thing to the real deal. The instant I say the novel is about two best friends who work at a…

Jessica StrawserOctober 22, 2024

Listicles Miscellany

Celebrating Unsung Women Innovators

It is a common enough tale: A wife, daughter, sister, or mother who began a career at the side of a man in her life, only to have her considerable contributions to their shared life goals minimized to a footnote in history or erased from them altogether. When working on…

Aimie K. RunyanSeptember 16, 2024

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Is Manifesting Real or 21st-Century Snake Oil?

Manifesting …. is it real or is it a sham? Does it actually work? Or is it twenty-first century snake oil? In case you’ve been living under a rock, let me explain the concept of manifesting. Manifesting is the idea that if you really want something, you can have it.…

Sandra BlockSeptember 4, 2024

Children's Books Listicles

5 Middle-Grade Novels Celebrate Kids in the Kitchen

Readers assume I love to fish because my first novel, Crossing the Pressure Line, is about Clare, a 12-year-old who desperately wants to catch a musky. I don’t love to fish. My second novel, Marvelous Jackson, centers on Jack, a 13-year-old who throws himself into making brownies, scones, and cookies…

Laura Anne BirdSeptember 2, 2024

Thrillers

True Crime Meets Fiction in a Riveting Mystery That Will Keep You on the Edge of Your Seat

You’re invited to The Bachelorette Party, Sandra Block’s newest thrill-ride, where fact and fiction collide in a startling fashion, and nothing is quite as it seems. Alex is a true crime devotee researching the infamous 666 serial killer. She has the perfect life: a dream internship on a popular cable…

Nicole BaartSeptember 6, 2024

Fiction Listicles

Real-Life Scandal, Gossip and Rumors: The Fodder for Fiction

Hester Prynne didn’t have Instagram or Twitter for her world to spread the word about her scandal — still, she was forced to wear that scarlet A right on the front of her frock. I always imagine the snippy 17th-century Bostonians whispering behind their hands, lasciviously spreading the gossip about…

Hank Phillippi RyanAugust 15, 2024

Romance

Jewel Thieves Compete to Steal Valuable Tiara in 1920s Europe

In 1918, after a night out celebrating the end of the Great War, Esme Fox wakes to a hangover and — to her great surprise — a husband she barely knows, Jasper Truitt. Horrified by the previous night’s antics and the novel ring on her finger, Esme flees their wedding…

Jenni L. WalshAugust 13, 2024

Fiction Miscellany

Crying Through Summer Camp: Now a Heartwarming Story of Belonging

My first experience with a summer camp was one overnight in the woods with Girl Scout Troup 256. I was eight. I spent much time sobbing in the outhouse, my sleeping bag, and finding s’more sticks in the woods. Not a single terrible thing had happened, but I couldn’t stop…

Ann GarvinAugust 1, 2024

Six Riveting Sports Fiction Books That Score Big

For Auld Lang Syne: Books Set on New Year’s Eve

5 YA Holiday Romances to Warm Your Heart

Upcoming Releases That Capture the Indomitable Spirit of Women

Say “What?” When Readers’ Responses Amaze and Intrigue Authors

Spend Time With Feel-Good Book Familias This Holiday Season

Pantser vs. Plotter: Authors Debate the Best Approach to Writing

Explore These 6 Novels About Road Trips

Celebrating Unsung Women Innovators

Is Manifesting Real or 21st-Century Snake Oil?

5 Middle-Grade Novels Celebrate Kids in the Kitchen

Real-Life Scandal, Gossip and Rumors: The Fodder for Fiction

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