#AuthorIntroduction
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By Peggy Arthur Greetings! When I began exploring Negro spirituals for my novel, The Pretender’s Game, one song pulled me deeper than the rest: “Wade in the water, wade in the water, children. Wade in the water—God’s gonna trouble the water.” There’s something about those words that feels like a warning and an invitation all…
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The Story Behind Introducing My Second Protagonist By Peggy Arthur Greetings! When I first started writing The Pretender’s Game, I tried giving every chapter a different character perspective. It seemed ambitious and artistic, until it completely stumped me. Instead of one novel, I suddenly had multiple stories pulling me in different directions. Too many voices, too…
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By Peggy Arthur Greetings! Artificial intelligence, or AI, has become one of my most valuable tools as I craft the world of The Pretender’s Game. I use it in three key ways: research, planning and plotting, and formatting. Research While The Pretender’s Game is a work of fantasy, it’s deeply rooted in reality. And contrary to popular belief – I don’t…
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By Peggy Arthur Greetings! I had the opportunity to interview my Book Coach, Dianne Pearce of Current Words Publishing. I met Dianne at the 2025 Atlanta Writers Club Self-Publishing Conference this past March, and she helped me gain confidence in myself as a writer. Please allow me to share this inspiring conversation with you especially if you’re an…
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By Peggy Arthur Greetings! Recently, I decided to journey into Stephen King’s Fairy Tale via Audible. The audiobook runs about twenty-four hours long; but every minute was worth it. King weaves an extraordinary tale that begins in grief and unfolds into a sweeping adventure that feels both timeless and familiar. What truly elevated the experience for me…
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By Peggy Arthur Greetings! Some characters arrive with a whisper. Hemi showed up with a storm. She is not a hero in the traditional sense. There are no swords or clear victories in her story. What she carries is heavier. Older. Passed down through generations of silence and survival. Hemi is a woman haunted by…
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By Peggy Arthur Greetings! One cannot separate man from myth or myth from man. Each feeds the other, like a two-headed snake endlessly consuming itself. Mythology has always lived at the edges of our lives, shaping how we understand good and evil, right and wrong, light and shadow. It’s not just ancient tales carved into…
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By Peggy Arthur Greetings, writers and readers! When it comes to the art of writing novels, there are countless methods. Some resonate, some don’t. Recently, I had the unique experience of not only reading Write Your Novel from the Middle by James Scott Bell but also attending a live Zoom session hosted by the Atlanta Writers Club,…
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By Peggy Arthur I’ve spent nearly a decade writing, editing, rewriting, and starting over. Honestly, I’ve lost track. Year 9? Year 10? At this point, time feels like a blur stitched together by pages, paragraphs, and characters who refuse to be quiet. But here’s what I do know: this year, I’ve accomplished more than in all…
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By Peggy Arthur Greetings! This Rooted Read stretches forward in time but remains deeply anchored in the past. Unlike the previous books I’ve recommended, Parable of the Sower was written in 1993 and at the time, set in the future, 2024. But not the far-off, flying-cars kind of future. No, the world Octavia Butler imagines…
Peggy Arthur 