Character Coffee Chat with Courtney Greene
Readers immerse themselves in books they enjoy, especially when they can relate to the characters as if they are real people. Friends you can turn to, family you spend special moments with and even those characters you…
Authors with Day Jobs
Many authors have day jobs. Actually, to be more accurate, most have day jobs. There are only a small percentage of all authors in the U.S. who earn enough money from their writing to support themselves. You…
How Family Ties Strengthen a Story
Thanksgiving is this week, which brings family up front and center as we plan for the holiday and we look forward to spending time together. I thought it would be fitting to share a post reflecting how…
Nonfiction Nugget: High School Friendship Solves Kidnapping
Welcome to the next installment of my Nonfiction Nuggets series, which I share on the blog about every other month, in addition to my PI Posts, Character Coffee Chats and regular post updates. Today’s Nonfiction Nugget is…
Character Coffee Chat with Helen Matthews
Readers immerse themselves in books they enjoy, especially when they can relate to the characters as if they are real people. Friends you can turn to, family you spend special moments with and even those characters you…
10 Reasons a Challenge Will Benefit You
It’s November and for anyone in the know, this is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). A whole month focused on writing at least 50,000 words during a challenge that’s been tackled by authors for over 20 years.…
A treat for you: 13 fun facts about Halloween
Halloween is my favorite holiday besides Christmas. It’s a holiday beyond just a day on the calendar, with many ways to celebrate it throughout the whole month of October. Spooky decorations, creative costumes, carving pumpkins after visiting…
The P.I. Post: How a murder was solved with a postage stamp
Welcome to the next installment in my P.I. Post series. In these posts, which you’ll find on the blog about every other month in between the Nonfiction Nuggets series, I’ll be sharing details on P.I. topics, unique…
Character Coffee Chat with Bailey Maxwell
Readers immerse themselves in books they enjoy, especially when they can relate to the characters as if they are real people. Friends you can turn to, family you spend special moments with and even those characters you…
5 things I learned about forming morning habits
Are you a morning person? How good are you at forming, and keeping, habits? Of course, I’m talking about good habits. Bad habits are a completely different topic. I’m not really a morning person, so I have…
