Every day I try to remind myself about all of the goodness in my life. Every once in awhile, though, I’m shocked into the full reality...

I’m not Chinese, but for a long time now have lived in an area with a huge Chinese population and have loved the culture those in my...

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...

I’m grateful every day for the people who write about and promote ideas that are ultimately positive for our society and world, but are...

I’ll bet some of you love Westerns, both books and movies. If so, the town of San Juan Bautista in CA along the old El Camino Real is a...

Buy NOW! Over the years I’ve had the great fortune to read books written by writers who’ve used my book to create fantastic characters...

Listen NOW! As a writer, I write about everything, both personal and not. Since the last election, I’ve been on a personal journey to...

by Steve Zettler Available to preorder! Steve Zettler ’s forthcoming thriller. TICK... TICK... TICK ( Vine Leaves Press , March 25,...

Buy NOW! While camping beside a lake, I once woke to the sound of a loon. It was one of the eeriest, most beautiful sounds I’ve ever...

Another year coming, and so many great ways to help the world! I’m throwing my energy into helping fellow authors succeed with their...

I loved meeting so many of you this year, and keeping up with those of you whom I’ve known for a long time now. Whatever your...

Buy NOW! Winter is most definitely the time to think about Mary Donahue, who, at the age of 15, is heading into the blizzard winter of...

Happy New Year to all of you! Here’s what’s on my reading list (the links are through Bookshop.org , so purchases benefit independent...

Who’s the woman warrior in your life? That’s the question I asked the women who participated in the American Historical Novels Facebook...

Buy NOW! Happiness, let alone bliss, is definitely a complex experience that can be tricky to attain. Just check the 2024 World...

by Joanna Kadish Joanna Kadish writes beautifully about the brutal truths of living a thousand lives in a single lifetime in FLIRTING...

If you’ve lost family due to differences, I hope you reconnect with the similarities between you and reclaim the love they offer. And...

When writing BLISS ROAD , I came to understand how hard achieving happiness can be, not only for me, but for everyone. After the...

Please join me and so many other fantastic fellow historical fiction writers for this fun holiday event! I’ll be online from 11 - 2 p.m....