Author Deanie Yasner shares how becoming an author and the publication of Essie Rose’s Revelation Summer have affected her life. Questions include: How has being a published author affected her personality? How do the book’s themes of courage, loyalty, and goodness apply to our post-pandemic world?
Author Doc Ephraim Bates answers 7 key questions about his new book Dragon’s Men: Domestic. Questions include: How does he plot? What was it like being the youngest of 7 brothers? What is the backstory of the bomb detonator that figures in the plot? How do Doc’s health issues affect his writing?
Once upon a time in the American Jim Crow South, a little Jewish girl was faced with a moral dilemma. In a minute, I will tell you how Queen Esther and the ancient Purim story gave Essie Rose the courage to do the right thing. But first, let’s hear more about Essie Rose’s problem. Meet […]
PRESS RELEASE Young Adult Title Features Iranian/American Relations JANUARY 9, 2020: Cloud of Witnesses (Jane Hertenstein, Golden Alley Press), set during the 1979 Iran Hostage Crisis, provides newly relevant discussion points. In Athens, Ohio, Roland Tanner is a hillbilly, an outsider within his family and community. Tested as gifted, he is bused from his rural […]
Golden Alley Press author Marlene Targ Brill knows a thing or two about Civil War drummer boys. Author of the historical children’s story Diary of a Drummer Boy, Marlene immersed herself in researching the life and story of young Orion Perseus Howe of Waukegan, Illinois. On Saturday, January 26th, at 10:30 am, Marlene will be reading from Diary […]
There’s still time! Need the perfect last-minute Christmas gift for a reader? Of course you do. Golden Alley Press Top 10 Gifts for Book Lovers.* (Scroll to the end for my tale of pre-Internet Christmas shopping.) Stack of books glass Christmas ornament Novel Teas Book light (rechargeable, warm light) Book light (battery) Library card tote […]
Last month’s mid-term elections gave me (Nancy) an excuse to catch up with our author, Dick Simpson, to get his take on the current political landscape. And to our readers who are from Chicago (or wish they were), his book, The Good Fight, would make a terrific Christmas present. And now the interview: Nancy: You’ve been […]
Maxwell Perkins is one of my heroes. Or at least I think he is. I’m about 50 pages into Max Perkins: Editor of Genius, and so far so good.
I’m here to tell you that the editing process can get pretty intense. We’ve lived through it enough times to notice that most authors fall into one of four categories. The toughest one? “I’ll fight you on every word.”
It’s amazing what you can learn when you’re lost in Chicago and don’t even know it. Lesson #1: Having a husband who will help without laughing at you when you do something stupid is a wonderful thing.