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

While attending a writing conference in February in Kansas City, MO, I visited the National WWI Museum and Memorial. When you enter, you...

I’m off to Peru to hike the Salkantay route, which crosses the Abra Salkantay Pass, 15190 feet above sea level! We’ll see the Inca ruins...

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,...

Buy NOW! When I wrote GROWING GREAT CHARACTERS, I had to think hard about how I and other writers could quickly convey to readers how a...

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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...

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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...

I have a fun weekend planned, which includes going to artist Nikki Frelier Andrew’s solo art exhibition on April 21 in Los Altos, CA....

I’m developing a TV series with a small group of writers and we’re putting together our pitch materials. One is a pitch deck — a series...

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...

Buy NOW! I just planted my new garden. But year round I plant new characters and watch them grow. Writers: What characters are you...

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...

Buy NOW! I love thunderstorms, which are defined by the National Weather Service as "A rain-bearing cloud that also produces lightning."...

by Cathy Shields My heart alternately broke and blossomed while reading Cathy’s Shields’ book, THE SHAPE OF NORMAL: MOTHERHOOD,...