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Some Takeaways from Last Night's Book Launch Last night ASP hosted a book launch for its 2019 titles at The Writer's Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Here are some takeaways from the party. A Young Lot Celebrating the 2019 Launch (all photos courtesy of Hankins-Lawrence Photography) The Indie Community is Thriving in the DMV Over eighty people came out to Bethesda last night to see Reuben Jackson, Linda Watanabe Mcferrin, and Joanna Biggar read from their new books. The applause was thunderous and laughter spread infectiously through the crowd lending a warm, room-filling … [Read more...]

ASK ME ANYTHING: 2 ASP Authors to Host Reddit AMA Joanna Biggar and Linda Watanabe McFerrin will answer your travel and travel-writing questions in tomorrow's reddit AMA (Open to all) Tomorrow, October 9th, from 12:20-2:00pm, travel-writing partners, Linda Watanabe McFerrin and Joanna Biggar, will be hosting an AMA on reddit.com's r/travel. An "Ask me Anything" or "AMA" is an open period where the users of online forum, Reddit, can ask questions of a specific person (or duo in this case). Here is astronaut Chris Hadfield's AMA  and President Obama's The "Anything" part of an … [Read more...]

MELANIE'S SONG is "Riveting", "Unputdownable" In a new "Literary Review" article, Professor of English, Nandini Bhattacharya, discusses the storytelling virtues of Joanna Biggar's newest novel. In Nandini Bhattacharya's review of Melanie's Song for "The Literary Review" posted earlier this week, she focuses on the novel's non-traditional story-focus: "...What distinguishes Biggar’s novel from the traditional hero’s journey narrative and in fact makes it more satisfying and significant is that [the main character] undertakes a hero’s journey not for her own … [Read more...]

They're Here! Welcome October with three new titles from Alan Squire Publishing now available for order. Order NAvigating the Divide Order Scattered Clouds Order Melanie's Song It's time! ASP's three 2019 books are finally ready to order from your favorite online booksellers (including Alan Squire Publishing *wink*). And don't forget that you are cordially invited to our book launch party at The Writer's Center in Bethesda. There will be refreshments, curated snacks for every dietary restriction and prescription, a whole lot of … [Read more...]

Rose Solari Came of Age as a Teacher at "The Writer's Center" In this short essay, Rose Solari muses on her time as a teacher working in the early '90s at Bethesda's up and coming "The Writer's Center", and on how a recent reconciliation led our 2019 book launch back to The Center. Rose Solari addresses a crowd at The Writer's Center. "I came into my own as a poet in graduate school. But it was at The Writers Center that I truly came of age as a teacher." Rose Solari I can no longer remember when I first heard about The Writer’s Center.  If you were a young, aspiring … [Read more...]