Author Interview: Jessie Andersen
Welcome! The first Monday of the month means it's interview time, and this month I'm talking with author Jessie Andersen. Please, tell us a little about yourself. Well, I could give you the official author bio, but that would be boring, right? So, let’s do this: I love chocolate. I [...]
Book Review: Falling Like Snowflakes by Denise Hunter
When the Christmas season finds Eden in Summer Harbor, Maine, she's on the run from trouble. Romance is the last thing on her mind. Riding in a bus in the thickly falling snow, Eden Davis wonders how it ever came to this-fleeing under cover of night with young Micah sleeping [...]
You Really CAN’T Please Everyone by JC Morrows
Reviews are a great thing, really they are. However, too often we forget to take into account that everyone reads a slightly different story. Some people read a book and feel there should have been more world building, while others think it was overdone and still others see it as [...]
Moving On: A New Season in Life and Writing
It's been a rough summer for my family and friends. My parents filed for divorce, and my friend's divorce was finalized. That left two families split and two homes family-less. Decades worth of furniture, collectibles, photos, gifts, and memories needed to be sorted, split, and either sold or donated. It [...]
Setting—the Unsung Character in Your Book By Kelly Irvin
I’ve always been in awe of writers who make the setting a character in their stories. I read those passages woven into the fabric of the plot, never slowing it down, but rather adding to the momentum of the story as it reaches a climax and I think, I want [...]