I enter 2026 as a senior citizen. Yes, I turned 65 last week. It’s a natural time to reflect on life. And the turn of the calendar is another common prompt to try to sum up the previous 12 months. I have to say I’m really looking forward to the end of 2025. It’s been […]
Another book edited by the Written Word is now on retail shelves “Show me your papers,” the Gestapo officer said to Haugland in perfect Norwegian. He frowned as the group passed. Haugland complied, taking his time to study the man. He was a tall man and athletic. Dark blonde hair cut short around his ears, […]
What do we do at the Written Word? Among other things, edit manuscripts to turn them into great books! Here’s an excerpt of another I edited Written by Samuel W. Gailey Ending the pain should’ve been easy, but it wasn’t. She should’ve driven faster but didn’t. At the last moment, Tess hit the brakes instead […]
A Sunday sample from the latest book edited by the Written Word, and written By Lucy Appadoo “I honestly do not know how to give you this grave news, but I have no other way to say it, Ricardo. Please know that I am here to support you and will find out who did this.” […]
A Sunday Sample from a book edited by the Written Word By Tim D. Smith “I thought it was a ghost story,” Samantha said as she tried to blow out her marshmallow that was burning on the end of a stick. I added another log to the fire. “It is,” I said. “I’ve done research […]
The latest Written Word-edited book to come out In the second book of her Women of Strength series, author Lucy Appadoo shifts the action across the Atlantic to Madrid, Spain, bringing with it the two main characters of the first book, In Rio’s Shadows, Blanca Castellano and Carlos Silva. The Woman in this volume is […]
You may have noticed that I’ve been posting and announcing about the number of manuscripts I’ve been editing lately. am editing a lot of fiction these days. The latest books edited by The Written Word to be published Amnesia By D.G. Torrens Cassie is suffering from trauma-induced amnesia. Weekly visits to her psychologist are proving […]