I love meeting writers who have diverse backgrounds and TJ Turner falls into that category easily. He says that, “In my day job I’m a research scientist, and by night (or for 6-month deployments every two years) I’m a reserve military member.” He’s being humble when he uses the terms “reserve military member,” because this…

Janet E. Irvin boasts quite the resume. She has served as Adjunct Professor of Spanish at Wright State University, in Dayton, Ohio, and chair of the International Language Department at Springboro High School, in Springboro Ohio, where she taught Spanish and English. Her work has picked up the Leo Love Fiction Award at the Taos…

Wondering where you’ve heard the name Jessica Strawser, but for some reason, you can’t remember? I ask that for all of my non-writing friends. Because my writing friends know exactly who Jessica is. Former Editor in Chief for Writer’s Digest (and now Editor at Large), Jessica has stepped away from that role to concentrate on…

Kristen Witucki is a very well-educated writer (she has several Master’s degrees), a teacher, and a mother (her two boys are simply precious!) who leads a busy and active life. Kristen and I became acquainted when I joined Literary Mama in 2014; her profile of Jenn Crowell was one of the first pieces I ever…

The blog is starting a new series: the Author Interview! And I’m pleased to say that my first featured author is none other than fellow Plot Sister and friend, Traci Ison Schafer. I first met Traci back in May, 2012, when we both signed up for a creative writing workshop. At that time, she was…