Bliss Road on It’s Way! Just a quick note today to say that Vine Leaves Press has decided to add to my stack of published books by...

Listen on Spotify When my daughter was in grade school, one of her best buddies was Rachel Kellum. Even then it was apparent Rachel’s...

In her newest novel, Small Forgotten Moments due out Aug. 31, 2021, Annalisa Crawford has brilliantly reimagined the age-old ghost story...

This is the best deconstructed love story I’ve ever read! In Careless Love, author Steve Zettler gives us a spectacular love story...

I don’t often read dystopian novels because of the claustrophobic doom that often hovers over them. But I’m glad I received an advance...

Buy now! Thanks, everyone, for your support over the past 6 months in making Winter Light a 2021 Gold Medal IPPY Winner in Young Adult...

Buy now! I just learned Winter Light won a Gold Medal in Young Adult Fiction in the 2021 Independent Publishers Book Awards (IPPY). A...

By Connie Biewald Preorder now, publication date of May 25, 2021 I fell in love with Nadine Antoine on the first page of Connie Biewald’s...

On sale now! As you know, I’ve been exploring the world of memoirs of all kinds, none of which are more poignant than those surrounding...

Yesterday I sent out a newsletter offering a Kindle copy of these two fantastic new memoirs. Recommend your favorite memoir(s) below and...

Register now! VIA LAS VEGAS! Las Vegas Writers Conference (virtual) April 8 – 10 Register now! Four years ago I had the pleasure of...

Book Review I just finished reading Ever Rest, Roz Morris’ new novel due out June 3, 2021 (available for preorder). A fantastic read!...

“YOU GOT SOMETHING TO SAY?!” For me, dialogue makes or breaks a book. Cliche dialogue typically indicates cliche characters. What do you...

Annalisa Crawford - Blogging with My Fountain Pen It’s the third Monday of the month, we’re zooming towards spring, and Martha Engber is...

Poet Vogue Robinson, author of Vogue 3:16 On Sunday I had the pleasure of doing a 30-min. reading of Winter Light and a Q&A session with...

I’ll be teaching three writing workshops in March and April. In anticipation of so many of your stories pouring fourth as a result, and...

I’ve long been fascinated by fear and its affect on humans — socially, emotionally, psychologically, politically — as well as who uses it...

Thanks so much, Roz, for the opportunity to talk shop and otherwise meet your talented community of writers and thinkers! Nail Your Novel...

Roz Morris with her horse, Val I met Roz Morris this year, first as a fellow writer, then as the new Publishing Associate at Vine Leaves...

“Gritty” or “edgy” when applied to YA and New Adult books means literature that deals with the darker side of adolescence. The best part...