Michel Sauret – Award-Winning Army Journalist | Independent Author Award-Winning Army Journalist, Independent Author

Recently, I had the pleasure of having “Amidst Traffic” featured in the Summer 2013 issue of IN Community Magazine (North Allegheny Edition). You can read it below or click on the above link for a better viewing experience. I’m thankful ...

A while ago a book-reader friend of mine shared a link to her pastor’s blog, specifically an where he discusses the reasons for why he writes. That prompted the question: Why do I write? Why do I have such a passion for this ...

Last week, I wrote a brief post about Writer’s Edge and how I discovered them. Here I wanted to share with you the feedback I received on Amidst Traffic: You are a fine writer—with perhaps an affection for Sherwood Anderson’s ...

I discovered Writer’s Edge through a little bit of providence. I was flying back home from Arkansas for an Army conference, so I was travelling in uniform. The first flight stopped at the Dallas Fort Worth airport. On that tiny ...

Going into self publishing, I knew what I was getting myself into. Especially with a short story collection. I knew that self-publishing was a tough gig, and that doing it with a story collection would make it even tougher. The ...

People often wonder where authors get their story ideas, so I wanted to start a series of blog posts dedicated to how I came up with the stories in my collection, Amidst Traffic. The idea for Duct Tape People actually ...

  The following is an essay I wrote a few years ago after my experience as a breaking news reporter/intern at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.   PITTSBURGH – Pittsburgh police are investigating a body found dead in Bloomfield this morning. The body ...