Preorder NOW! I just got that email every author awaits: the one that contains the cover for my next book, SCATTERED LIGHT (the sequel...

I’m not a huge fan of having my photo taken, but I never liked my old photo and so decided to contact a few local photographers to...

In my upcoming book, SCATTERED LIGHT , which will be published Nov. 25, 2025 (sequel to my IPPY Gold Medal in YA Winner, WINTER LIGHT ),...

I’ve never done an Instagram read-along, but have always wanted to try one. No better time than now, because I want others to read WINTER...

I'm excited to announce that SCATTERED LIGHT , the sequel to WINTER LIGHT , my IPPY Gold Medal in YA book, will be published in less than...

by Janet Clare Buy NOW! Janet Clare ’s newest book, TRUE HOME , sings of love amid human imperfections of a kind we all know too well,...

Buy NOW! This near future science fiction story by Raphael Pond is an allegorical tale for our technologically-fraught times! The BELL...

READ STORY I recently heard four members of the Loyola Marymount University School of Film and Television faculty talk about the skill...

by Cynthia Newberry Martin Every once in a while an author perfectly captures the reality of marriage at a specific, precipitous time in...

I’m currently writing my third book in the Mary Donahue series and it takes place in California, and specifically, Los Angeles, an iconic...

AWP 2025 I’m really looking forward to seeing my fellow Vine Leaves Press authors and other friends at this year’s Association of...

Buy NOW! When taking part in the American Historical Novel Facebook page holiday giveaway some months ago, I asked readers who their...

by Byddi Lee Available for preorder NOW ! Irish author Byddi Lee's BARREN ( US link , UK link ) is a wonderful mix between Jean M....

Buy NOW! Growing up in Chicago , I was used to the city dumping gallons of green dye in the Chicago River to celebrate St. Pat’s Day,...

Image from sizzle reel for THE RECORD SHOP (coming 2026) If you’re an aspiring screenwriter, or know someone who is, pass along this...

I just started the developmental edit of SCATTERED LIGHT (published by Vine Leaves Press Nov. 2025), the Mary Donahue sequel to WINTER...

You gotta love your sisters! Or at least I do mine. They and their book club have chosen my book, THE FALCON, THE WOLF AND THE...

by Cordelia Biddle LISTEN TO ME by Cordelia Frances Biddle is an amazingly inventive book! The author writes from the viewpoint of many...

I had the pleasure of interviewing author Jefferson Shupe for my uniting Americans blog, Vigilant Positivity. He wrote THE BATHWATER...

Buy NOW! I started writing THE WIND THIEF before the changing climate started bringing us the more extreme weather phenomenons of our...