Malapropisms are when you confuse one word with s similar-sounding word or phrase. As in you walk around thinking the incorrect phrase is...

When I posted last Mon., Nov. 15, about personality disorders, Tyler Barnes piped up that there’s a book for writers called The Negative...

Virtual/In-person Solo Show We Shall Be Kings through Dec. 6, 2021 Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco I’ve featured Lacey Bryant’s work...

While working on my upcoming memoir, Bliss Road, (June 2023), I had more than a few low points. Lifting myself out of them took some...

That’s the thing about writers: often our greatest talent is persistence. That’s certainly true of me. I’ve clung to dozens of stories...

A month ago I featured Lisa Diane, owner of The Sophisticated Palate, who created Biscottini Bites for people and Bark-otinni Bites for...

by Ann S. Epstein Ann S. Epstein’s newest historical novel, The Great Stork Derby, due out Oct. 19, is a gut-wrenching story built upon...

Bliss Road on It’s Way! Just a quick note today to say that Vine Leaves Press has decided to add to my stack of published books by...

Listen on Spotify When my daughter was in grade school, one of her best buddies was Rachel Kellum. Even then it was apparent Rachel’s...

In her newest novel, Small Forgotten Moments due out Aug. 31, 2021, Annalisa Crawford has brilliantly reimagined the age-old ghost story...

This is the best deconstructed love story I’ve ever read! In Careless Love, author Steve Zettler gives us a spectacular love story...

I don’t often read dystopian novels because of the claustrophobic doom that often hovers over them. But I’m glad I received an advance...

Buy now! Thanks, everyone, for your support over the past 6 months in making Winter Light a 2021 Gold Medal IPPY Winner in Young Adult...

Buy now! I just learned Winter Light won a Gold Medal in Young Adult Fiction in the 2021 Independent Publishers Book Awards (IPPY). A...

By Connie Biewald Preorder now, publication date of May 25, 2021 I fell in love with Nadine Antoine on the first page of Connie Biewald’s...

On sale now! As you know, I’ve been exploring the world of memoirs of all kinds, none of which are more poignant than those surrounding...

Yesterday I sent out a newsletter offering a Kindle copy of these two fantastic new memoirs. Recommend your favorite memoir(s) below and...

Register now! VIA LAS VEGAS! Las Vegas Writers Conference (virtual) April 8 – 10 Register now! Four years ago I had the pleasure of...