This week's featured author is screenwriter, producer, and soon-to-be director, James Moorer. His bestselling book, TWO FOR THE PAIN (book 1, Eddie Gideon Mysteries), debuted in the top on several genre lists, including a #1 New Release ranking!EXCERPT: "I'm thirty-eight, divorced, in good health, with no desire to bear any of the politically correct, hyphenated cultural distinctions that appear to be in fashion these days. I'm a Black man, plain and simple. I’ve ...

Today's Q & A is with Laura Crisp Davis, Writer - comic, bestselling author, screenwriter, and producer - who wrote "My Family From Hell" for THE STORIES OF SHE anthology.What inspired you to write this story? I was pitching a producer a script and he asked the million-dollar question, “What else ya got?” so I blurted out an early version of this, and he laughed. Then I had to go home ...

This week's featured contributor is author, screenwriter, and prolific short film producer, Jenifer B. Stockdale, who wrote RED FEVER in "The Stories of She."What is RED FEVER about? A young woman, living in a post-apocalyptic survivors’ camp discovers that her world is not what she thought it was, and the truth is much more nefarious than what she believed.What inspired you to write this story? Mariana believes the world is one way. It ...

This week's featured contributor to "The Stories of She" is Cash Anthony, award-winning screenwriter, author of numerous books, editor, world traveler, motorcycle mama, and recovering attorney. We're thrilled she's part of our project! TITLE: Taking Up SerpentsExcerpt: The infant lay dead a few inches from her face, a piece of rebar through its back. She let her M-16 fall from the sling on her shoulder. Her leg wasn’t working, and her right ...

This week's featured contributor is author and screenwriter Carrie Fitch, who contributed "Pamela's Last Egg" to our anthology.What inspired you to write this story? I had a dream about my mom once and she told me she was pregnant. This was absurd because she was in her late 50s at the time. In the dream, I asked her if it was her last egg. We both thought this was very funny. That’s all ...

This week's featured contributor is author and optioned screenwriter Nancy A. Meyer. Her story, HYPNOTIC, is connected to her TV pilot, ALLY WITHIN. What inspired you to write HYPNOTIC? This story is a culmination of things that have impacted my life over many years: experiencing 9/11 first-hand, the disappearance of a friend in NYC 30 years ago and wanting to bring a discussion about mental illness on to the screen.What is HYPNOTIC ...

This week's featured contributor is author and screenwriter, Danielle Nicki.  Her story, THE MO' BLACK JOURNALS, is a coming-of-age story set in the 1990s. It's a nostalgic and poignant look at issues a teen girl faces: racial and class identity, trust, betrayal, loss, intimacy, puberty, and social pressures.How did you come up with the title for your story? My script and story is set in 1995. In the 90s, everything was ...

This week's featured contributor Holli Herrle-Castillo, answers questions about her story, "Slick River," in the anthology THE STORIES OF SHE.What inspired you to write this story? I had another script and beginning of a novel series with a similar storyline, but something was missing, so I retooled the concept and created new characters.What is SLICK RIVER about? When a pre-K teacher is framed for murder, she returns home to the backwoods, where her estranged ...

This week's featured contributor is inspiring author, screenwriter, and world traveler, Margaret Priddy. Margaret answers questions about her story, "Mellie's Mountain," in the anthology THE STORIES OF SHE.What inspired you to write this story?I can almost remember when I was 11 years old and how my imagination ran wild. I wanted to rediscover that experience in Mellie, my 11-year-old protagonist who lives in a fantasy world.How did you come up with ...

This week's anthology contributor is playwright, screenwriter, and author Laurie Vázquez, who answers questions about her story, "Sister Gun," in THE STORIES OF SHE. What inspired you to write this story?My little brother’s kidneys failed just after he graduated college, and learning to navigate the medical system on his behalf as his advocate was infuriating. Especially since I lived out of state and in a neighborhood with high crime and shitty ...