Category Archives: Fiction

Summer Reading: My Bingo List

Posted on August 25, 2015 by Laura Stanfill

I’m playing book bingo through my local indie bookseller, Annie Bloom’s Books, this summer, and have completed all 25 slots for the chance to win a $50 gift card. It’s been a great challenge to read outside my zone–literary fiction. … Continue reading →

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Sometimes It’s Best to Ask for Help

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Laura Stanfill

I’ve been stuck on my knitting recently. Too busy with other things, not making it a priority, and not having enough time to go to knitting group all contributed to my dropping that favorite (only?) non-literary hobby. When I started … Continue reading →

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Interview: Valerie Geary, Author of Crooked River, on Raising the Stakes, Ghosts, and Celebrating Her Debut Novel

Posted on October 12, 2014 by Laura Stanfill

Valerie Geary’s impressive debut novel, Crooked River, will be released tomorrow by William Morrow. A twisty literary thriller, peopled with eccentrics and ghosts, Crooked River delves into grief, suspicion, and what it means to be a family. Protagonists Sam and … Continue reading →

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The Handmade Approach to Publishing

Posted on August 31, 2014 by Laura Stanfill

When we started talking about making origami cranes for the cover of Kate Gray’s Carry the Sky, our fall release from Forest Avenue Press, I piped up to say I knew how. The designer, Gigi Little, asked me to make some. … Continue reading →

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Interviews and List Love

Posted on August 25, 2014 by Laura Stanfill

I’ve had a big week or two! Kate Gray’s new novel, Carry the Sky, which I’m publishing Sept. 1 (hint, it’s available online already), tops a recent list of 11 high school books on Bustle. Read “11 High School Books That Will … Continue reading →

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The Woods, the Words

Posted on August 20, 2014 by Laura Stanfill

I spent a week in southern Oregon, with no Internet, no cell phone reception. Just words. And seven other women. Here are the woods: Here are the women: Here is a truck that gets moved around the property: And here … Continue reading →

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Quick Update on Being a Publisher

Posted on August 8, 2014 by Laura Stanfill

I’ve been absent on and off here, especially this summer, with both kids home and lots of publishing priorities as we gear up to launch Kate Gray’s Carry the Sky, an unblinking look at bullying told from the perspectives of two … Continue reading →

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Author Interview: Lisa Borders on Point of View, South Jersey, and the Art of the Book Tour

Posted on July 21, 2014 by Laura Stanfill

Lisa Borders’ novel, The Fifty-First State, is a powerful anthem about place, and belonging, and finding a new way to exist in the midst of fresh grief. Told in alternating point-of-view sections, featuring thirty-something New Yorker Hallie, and teen stepbrother … Continue reading →

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Author Interview: Polly Dugan on Her Debut Linked Short Story Collection, So Much a Part of You

Posted on June 11, 2014 by Laura Stanfill

Polly Dugan’s stunning debut collection of linked short stories, So Much a Part of You, is being released by Little, Brown (an imprint of Hachette) this week. Ten stories feature the intertwining lives of three characters, Anna, Anne, and Peter Herring, who … Continue reading →

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Blog Hop: From M. Allen Cunningham to Gigi Little and Dan Berne, With Me in Between

Posted on June 9, 2014 by Laura Stanfill

Author M. Allen Cunningham and I are both small-press publishers based in Portland. But we also write, and I am so grateful he tagged me in this blog hop, giving me an opportunity to open up about the novel I’ve been working … Continue reading →

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