Book Review: At the Water’s Edge by Sara Gruen
I am a huge fan of Downton Abbey. The characters (Maggie Smith is by far an acting genius and I’m glad that she is still acting), the way they speak and the clothes of the era. When I first started…
Book Review: Wild by Cheryl Strayed
I’ve been on a non-fiction kick for the last few book reviews. This is no exception. Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, by Cheryl Strayed, awakened something in me that has been dormant for a long time.…
Book Review: An Invisible Thread By Laura Schroff and Alex Tresniowski
In the last few posts I have read and reviewed: the plight of women in Ascent of Women by Sally Armstrong, I tried to organize the chaos that is my desk with The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie…
Tech Review: Sphero 2.0
Technology- and all the thing that entails- is a wonderful thing for writers. I spend a lot of time working with tech products, and they help me in many ways. I look for ways to improve our writing lives, and in my…
Book Review: The Eye of Minds by James Dashner
Book Two of the Teen Book Challenge takes me into the world of virtual gaming. The Eye of Minds by James Dashner, is like the popular video game The Sims, and the movie the Matrix, together. The book mostly takes place…
When Publishing A Book on CreateSpace
There are a lot of opportunities to go to a self-publishing site and have your books published and distributed for you. One of the most popular publishing places to choose is CreateSpace, owned by the bookseller Amazon, and they will…
Setting Goals is Important, But How Many Should You Set?
It is the time of year when many writers sit down an reflect on their work over the past 12 months. They look for ways to see more success in the coming year, and they often set new goals based…
Fold Your Troubles Away…and WRITE!
These days, sometimes motivating yourself to keep writing seems like an uphill battle. There are so many distractions, and it seems that almost everyone has let go of the notion that we deserve time to relax; days are filled with…
