Just Do Something by Stephanie Stamm

  I have a confession to make:  I procrastinate. Not always. I usually write and schedule my blog posts a few days before the due date, and I do my best to finish work projects ahead of deadline. But when it comes to home repairs—or even my current novel—I put things off. For example, just this

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Writer by Travis

This blog by Travis Richardson   At the beginning of June, my wife and I visited Santa Barbara and in our hotel room we came across the The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on HBO. Several artists had already been inducted, but Cat Stevens, the E Street Band, Hall and Oats, and

Time for Taffy

As a young mother, I prayed a lot; there seemed to be many occasions that it couldn’t hurt to ask for divine help raising my girls.  Anything too small or too frivolous to pray for?  I think not! When my daughter in grade school lost her homework and the bus arrival was imminent-I searched and

To Jot or Not-Memory Joggers and Calendars by Cher’ley

This Blog  by Cher’ley Grogg You’re away from home, and your calendar is not. What do you do?     ***   a. Roll it up like a sausage and take it with you b.Take a selfie with the calendar in the back ground c.Use a whole pad of Post-it notes and take the notes with you(Sticking

The Art of Doing Nothing

This blog by Jennifer Flaten It was one of those internet lists, I believe it was entitled 10 things your grandparents did better than you…or something similar. I clicked on the link and read the list; it contained many predictable items like sewing and canning. Sure, I know several people who can and sew, but

On The Move

This post by L.Leander, Author of Fearless Fiction Since I’m still on the mend from my hospital stay and following doctor’s orders to rest, I’m sharing a post I wrote on my blog in the fall of 2013. It’s that time of year again when I’m on the move. I don’t travel incognito; in fact,

Tomorrow’s tech will insert reader into mind of book’s heroine

This post written by Mike Staton. In 50 years a novel may not be a novel at all. Instead, it may become an interactive and immersive experience as envisioned by software developer Mike Matas. Reading will no longer involve processing chunks of text. Readers will not only read … they’ll also use an array of tools

It Was Lovely

* * * Posted by Kathy Waller This week my husband and I celebrate our tenth wedding anniversary. We both started out late, and we’re rather pleased with ourselves for completing our first decade together. In honor of the event, I’m posting a piece that appeared several years ago on my personal blog. ***** I

Life in all its colours gets in the way.

This post is by Nancy Jardine Sometimes you just can’t write. Usually, I make a great effort to ensure my posts for this blog are published live on time, but I send my apologies for the lateness of this one. Truth to tell, I haven’t been consulting my diary much lately and for long periods

Five Reasons to Attend a Writers’ Conference by Cher’ley

This Blog  by Cher’ley Grogg Five Reasons to Attend a Writers’ Conference To Learn More About Your Craft To Meet Other Writers To Have Time with Agents and Editors To Meet Famous and Successful Authors To Be Inspired Craft, it’s like money, we can never have enough. No matter what we think we know, someone knows more