My TV Writing Team and I recently got a chance to consult with producer Diane Nabatoff (Narc, Very Bad Things, Gray Matters, among...

Guess what item in this photo should NOT be present? Ah yes, the crutch. I’ve been hobbling around for a week now because I slipped on a...

Buy NOW! A year has passed since BLISS ROAD was published. In that time, I've talked with dozens of readers who've found the book...

LISTEN NOW! What a better way to celebrate the first book birthday of BLISS ROAD by announcing that my interview on the Perspectives on...

Buy NOW! Every great novel begins with the question, "What if...?" For THE FALCON, THE WOLF AND THE HUMMINGBIRD, I asked myself: What if...

AI is here to stay. The question is how to live with it, and all of the ethical, moral and economic decisions that implies. For starters,...

by Nikki Patin Often how we come to experience other people’s lives is not by learning facts about them, but by listening to how they...

Do you have a neurodiverse family that has one or more members with a learning disability, mental illness, developmental issue or...

by Melanie Faith Melanie Faith’s DOES IT LOOK LIKE HER? is a narrative poetry book that reads like a novel. But rather than rely on a lot...

Mary Donahue, the protagonist of my edgy YA novel WINTER LIGHT, was 7 years old in 1970 when Earth Day was established in the US. I was...

Buy NOW! Spring is most definitely the time to read THE FALCON, THE WOLF AND THE HUMMINGBIRD, a Laramie Book Award semi-finalist with a...

Sometimes when people see the description about my memoir, BLISS ROAD, about being the daughter of an undiagnosed autistic dad, they...

by Annalisa Crawford I’ve read a number of books by Annalisa Crawford, and can’t get over how well she infuses her stories with wisps of...

by Charlie and Cheryl Young HOUDINI'S LAST HANDCUFFS is a masterful ghost story for adults! Rather than terrify, however, this mystical...

Buy NOW! In WINTER LIGHT, March of 1979 is a pivotal month for 16-year-old Mary Donahue of suburban Chicago. Something big happens to her...

by Sara Hosey DIRTY SUBURBIA is a brilliant title for Sara Hosey’s new collection of short stories! I began reading with the expectation...

Do you live in the San Jose, CA, area or know someone who does? Please come or pass on the info! ___ When I run FB ads, readers can...

Please pass this post on to your writer friends! Vine Leaves Press International Voices in Creative Nonfiction Contest First prize: $1000...

Buy BLISS ROAD NOW! I I had a wonderful online meetup recently with those who read BLISS ROAD, my memoir about being the daughter of an...

by Effy Redman Effy Redman’s powerful, beautifully-written memoir took me into a world I hadn’t known and couldn’t have imagined until...