I stared at my plastic plate, listening to my friend chat. Our second year of college would end in a few days, and we were attending the usual “end of the spring semester” picnic. Around me, classmates and dorm buddies ate grilled chicken and talked about their summer plans, worst final exam moments, and what…
By Vickie McDonough The holidays are mostly over, except for putting away decorations, finishing up all that food we cooked, and saying goodbye to some lingering relatives. Soon we’ll be trying to lose the weight we gained over the holidays and working to pay off all those presents we bought. The holidays sure can be…
Right around the time I wrote my debut novel, Blaze, my parents had decided to separate. It felt as though someone had knocked the wind out of my chest. In that moment, I knew what would follow six months later: divorce. Growing up, I always viewed divorce as the ultimate evil. Most of my friends…
Heroes on horseback, derring-do, and deeds of honor. The Middle Ages appeal to my love of romance. Oh wait—were you thinking I meant the Wild West? The two eras share a lot of similarities. Medieval people lived near castles the same way western settlers made their homes close to forts. You could hardly blame them.…
Here in New England, autumn was beautiful. The mild temperatures and the rainfall throughout the year meant that the leaves changed slowly and stuck around a lot longer than usual. They were especially vibrant, too. Today though, it’s twenty degrees Fahrenheit, and I wonder where the autumn weather went. I just transplanted a shrub last…
[Miralee Ferrell] A New Addition to the Family!
By Miralee Ferrell, publisher No, it’s not a baby—I’m thankful to say I’m past that point in my life—but it IS a baby in a way. Mountain Brook Ink has birthed a new ‘offspring’—Mountain Brook Fire—a new speculative fiction line. We have migrated our existing four speculative fiction series over from Mountain Brook Ink to…
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