Teacher of American History Gives a Voice to the Native Americans of Roanoke Island – by Harold Titus

Published on March 5, 2020 backstories

Why repeat what other authors of fiction have written about the Roanoke story, almost all of which feature a romantic relationship between an English settler and a local native? Why not, instead, write a story about human conflict within a society that few readers know anything about…

I Published a Book of Diabetics’ Stories to Educate Against Superstition and Misconception in Nigeria – by Dr Ifediba Zube

Published on February 27, 2020 backstories

I succeeded in creating awareness on a level that a health rally or a health talk forum would never have!

A Tough Nun Inspires a Lifelong Love of Books and Writing! – by Cynthia Ripley Miller

Published on February 20, 2020 backstories

In first grade, I found reading difficult. I heard Italian spoken every day, but spoke English. A tough Catholic school nun, Sister Mary Ernest, took me under her wing and I soon began to read…

A Military Intelligence Career Inspires an International “Private Eye” Novel – by Van Tellfaster

Published on February 20, 2020 backstories

What I didn’t realize is that my time in the military, and civilian career in the government, gave me plenty to think about, not to mention lots of material to craft my novel…

From Countless Rejections to Numerous Published Children’s Books and Wyoming Poet Laureate! – by Eugene M. Gagliano

Published on February 13, 2020 backstories

Money was tight raising four children on a teacher’s salary so my son Darin helped me collect aluminum cans along the roadside to get money for postage to send out manuscripts…

When a Doctor Told a Vietnam Vet to “Write Things Down” to Heal from PTSD, Look What Happened by Bill Hammond

Published on December 12, 2019 backstories

I wrote a book to share my experiences in Vietnam, and to help myself heal from those experiences.

After Fellow Writing Students Criticized My Story, Saying “Slaves Can’t Think,” I Knew I Had to Write a Book About The Buffalo Soldiers – by Bob Rogers

Published on December 12, 2019 backstories

In Don’s painting, a black soldier leads a saddled cavalry horse. Admiring the flyer, I said to no one in particular, “Someone should write his story.”

Across the room, my wife said, “Why don’t you write it?” Not realizing that she had heard me, my jaw dropped. Huh? Me? The chemistry major, turned soldier, turned IT guy?

Viewing the World Sideways Leads This Author to Write Some PRETTY WEIRD STUFF! – by Terence Kuch

Published on December 6, 2019 backstories

The Trees of Malice is a collection of sixteen short stories “of horror and the weird,” as the publisher called it, but even though I love zombie movies, my own writing is more weird and strange than straight horror. I look at the world we know not as a steady, solid place…subject to sudden bloody […]

How This Book Finally Came to Life After 30 Years in the Garage! – Beverly B. Palmer, Ph.D.

Published on December 6, 2019 backstories

My book began 30 years ago as a research paper on the science of love relationships.