My TV Writing Team and I recently got a chance to consult with producer Diane Nabatoff (Narc, Very Bad Things, Gray Matters, among...

Guess what item in this photo should NOT be present? Ah yes, the crutch. I’ve been hobbling around for a week now because I slipped on a...

Buy NOW! A year has passed since BLISS ROAD was published. In that time, I've talked with dozens of readers who've found the book...

I live in California, the land of coffee snobs, myself included. A number of years ago, my husband — adamant non-coffee drinker — laughed...

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

Buy NOW! Every great novel begins with the question, "What if...?" For THE FALCON, THE WOLF AND THE HUMMINGBIRD, I asked myself: What if...

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...

Buy NOW! What do you think of my new video for THE FALCON, THE WOLF AND THE HUMMINGBIRD? I love the rain and couldn't resist making a...

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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...

Buy NOW! Spring is most definitely the time to read THE FALCON, THE WOLF AND THE HUMMINGBIRD, a Laramie Book Award semi-finalist with a...