2022

Large decorative balls hanging from an evergreen tree

Best wishes to all for healthy, loving holidays and a new year that makes your dreams come true.

cover of Shadows of the Past by Lucy Appadoo, showing equestrian statue in Madrid silhouetted by setting sun.

Here’s an excerpt from a romantic suspense novel edited by The Written Word, written By Lucy Appadoo Daniela opened the front door nervously to see a tall man with jet-black hair in a crew cut that brought out his dark, piercing brown eyes. His large hands held a manila folder, and the way his tight black […]

Launch day: The Door on the Right

A sample from the latest book edited by The Written Word By Elyse Salpeter The weather outside had officially turned. Without any sort of preamble, the sunny sky that had been their constant companion for the past seven glorious days had darkened, thundered sounded and a crazy-colored strobe lightning storm began to streak across the […]

Enjoy this sample from another book edited by The Written Word: Storm of Passion by Rebecca Corio. Savanah looked at her father. “One more, Dad. There’s time to do one more.” “Your body is tired, Savanah. Pushing it too far will do more harm than good.” “I’m still really angry, Dad.” Kyle did not respond. […]

Author Ivan Baidak

Author, IT specialist and peripatetic This is a very special post: a conversation with Ivan Baidak, author of Invisible and five other books. Invisible has recently been published in English by Canadian publisher Guernica Editions of Hamilton, Ontario. I met Ivan five years ago on a trip to California for a writer’s conference in Russian […]

Because Why Not: 25 Tales of Imagination, by Trick Campbell cover image

This Sunday, I offer a sample from a book I edited. Because Why Not: 25 Tales of Imagination By Trick Campbell On the eve of the office Christmas party, three days before December twenty-fifth, the halls of the Crescent Moon were alive with the sounds of laughter and merriment. Brightly coloured lights and tinsel were […]

German tanks invading Ukraine

Episode 6 of Beyond Barbarossa, the first English-language podcast to focus on the Eastern Front of World War II, looks at Germany approaching the zenith of its hold on Europe, having conquered Ukraine already. Having captured most of Ukraine and with a choke-hold on Leningrad, Germany appears to be winning as it advances on Moscow. […]