I never tire of memoirs. I love learning about people and experiences that are vastly different than my own. That and there are so many...

I used to think I was enlightened about good mental health, but that I personally didn’t need therapy. Then I went through a crisis, one...

Nature magazine has just published The best science images of 2021. Fantastic doesn’t begin to describe these photos! They’re...

MAKE IT BETTER AT HOME FRIDAY What do you make at home better than any restaurant could? If you send me a recipe for your specialty, I’ll...

There are so many books on the market, it’s hard to know what to read. That’s why I tend to look for lists that are curated. Judges take...

Have you seen the Netflix documentary 14 Peaks yet? I recommend you do! The story is simple enough. Over time, lot of tough Western...

As a writer, I do so much research on such a wide variety of topics that I wonder if I’m on any national security organization’s watch...

5TH BOOK TO BE PUBLISHED! THURSDAY I’m stoked to announce my fifth book, a historical novel titled The Falcon, the Wolf and the...

Don’t you love when you make food that looks like what you get in a restaurant? My son and made this Simple Homemade Chicken Ramen from...

by Wren Godfrey Chapman NOTE: You can also find this review on Goodreads. I love memoirs where adventurous women grab life by the horns,...

Meditation for me has always come in the form of writing. When I resurface after entrenching myself in another world for awhile, I feel...

Oh, no! I missed Dine Over Your Kitchen Sink Day on Nov. 26! That's right, in 1991, “while he was standing at the sink using potato chips...

While doing research, I happened upon a really wild event that occurred during my youth, but that I never heard of, the Chowchilla...

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...