Northern Michigan Writers: Fiction Writing Workshop!
Are you a writer? Would you like to be? Do you have stories in your head just begging to be let out? *** Stop dreaming of writing and start writing today! *** Freelance writer/editor Karin Beery and the Elk Rapids District Library will present a 4-week intro to fiction writing [...]
Author Interview: Carole Brown
I'm back again with another author interview! This month I'm feature Carole Brown, and I'm just going to let her explain... Tell us a little about yourself. My husband and I have lived a busy life, traveling throughout the country, counseling and ministering to others. We’ve enjoyed so many beautiful [...]
Oops! How To Recover From a Public Blunder
Did I or did I not say that I would post every Wednesday of the month? Yes, I did ... but I forgot to see if there were four or five Wednesdays in July. (insert face palm) It's not just that I forgot to post, I forgot to give [...]
How Studying Characterization Saved My Marriage (and Giveaway!)
An introvert and extrovert. My husband and I had a rough first year of marriage—we both started new jobs, moved into a new house, and then my husband was diagnosed with cancer. I needed an emotional escape, so I started reading novels. Then I started writing them. After [...]
Book Review: The House on the Corner by Michael Rains
For a long time, Chester, we... that is, Auntie and I and William, and a whole lot of people, we only sort of felt something might be happening around us, something we weren't really sure what it was... When Chester visits his Uncle William's stuffy house, he's only trying to [...]