In GROWING GREAT CHARACTERS , I write about how other writers can sow the seed of a character, and with tenderness and attention, grow...

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 saw this sign in downtown San Jose and had to laugh, because I agree, even though I sometimes write haikus , a Japanese form of 3-line...

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...

When I was a kid, there was no Pride Month, much less a day dedicated to gay members of the autistic community. Autism itself was not...

My dad generally liked to spend Father’s Day at home. We’d go to church and come home and my sisters and I would give him our homemade...

by Nina B. Lichtenstein Buy NOW! I’ve never read a memoir with a more unique and organic structure than BODY: MY LIFE IN PARTS . The...

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,...

I learned something new about Memorial Day , a federal holiday to honor fallen US Armed Forces personnel, on the US Veterans Affairs...

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

As you know, there’s a lot of change going on in America right now. So when Ashley Holloway in Calgary, Canada, wrote an essay — “Is...

I was doing some research recently and came upon the press release about a play I wrote and that was produced in the summer of 1998 in...

Watch now! A fellow author and friend of mine, John McCaffrey , had a great idea for a YouTube podcast: ask people, “Who’s the most...

I love the earth. I love the mountains where I bike and hike, and the ocean where I surf, and the trees that shade me on my patio and the...

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

While at AWP2025 recently, a woman told me about The Story Graph and said it’s like Goodreads , the book reader/reviewer site owned by...

During the process of writing BLISS ROAD , a memoir about my undiagnosed autistic dad, I went on a mountain biking trip about two hours...

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

Contact EJ “If a TV show gets produced, it’s a miracle.” When EJ DeBrun said those words while speaking on a panel at the San Francisco...