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By Peggy Arthur Greetings! No one told me that finishing a first novel might require disappearing. Not in a dramatic, romantic way. No cabin in the woods. No vow of silence. Just a series of small, deliberate choices. Staying in when I could have gone out, declining invitations, turning down the noise during a season
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By Peggy Arthur Greetings! Let’s reframe the way we view brooms. For too long, the broom has been dismissed as a mundane domestic object, reduced to cleaning floors and women’s labor. But when we pause, close our eyes, and listen inward, we make room for intuition to take root. That intuition awakens spirit. Through this
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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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Greetings! The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates is one of those rare novels that merges history, memory, and mysticism into something deeply transformative. It’s a book that doesn’t just speak about freedom, it moves through it, pulsing with ancestral rhythm and remembrance. The Story At its heart, this is the story of Hiram Walker, a young man
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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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