Teresa Funke & Bursts of Brilliance for a Creative Life Teresa Funke embodies the modern artist/entrepreneur. She is the owner of Teresa Funke & Company, Victory House Press, and Bursts of Brilliance. She is the award-winning author of seven novels for adults and children based on true stories from WWII, and the author of the…
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When life hands you lemons…write them into a story
I’ve been teaching a night class at the local community college about writing fiction with the intent to someday be published. Not teaching how to write, but exposing new writers to the concepts, lessons, rules, and “secrets” that, if I’d known them 20 years ago, would have saved me hundreds of hours of editing, rewriting,…
Meet the WOTY Finalist: Aimie K. Runyan
For all that is good and holy in the world, what possessed you to become an author? Like most sane people, I knew that becoming a published author is a tough road that is most assuredly not lined with gold. I figured it was the province of people with fancy MFAs and the like, so…
Meet the IWOTY Finalist: Bernadette Marie
For all that is good and holy in the world, what possessed you to become an author? I absolutely love telling stories. It has always been the most natural thing to me, to write down my thoughts and create. I can’t even imagine my life without a WIP in it. How did you conceive the…
Do you suffer from post-book depression?
I just finished a book. When I reach this milestone, I always think I should feel happy and excited, or at least satisfied. Instead, my mood seems to turn gloomy and anxious. Maybe it’s the panic of knowing I now have to send my baby out into the world to face criticism and potential rejection….