By Guest Contributor Stephanie Austin Edwards New York Times bestselling author Pat Conroy has said to me personally, as well as on the stage at many writers’ conferences, that he doesn’t understand why anyone would want to participate in a…
I’ve long dreamed of embarking on a small group adventure with friends to a far-flung destination. Now that I’ve learned about The Wonderland House from Book Riot, my destination plans have changed. “This huge, themed, Regency house by the seafront is spread over…
In my very first college English lit class, the teacher asked us to write a poem on sexuality, and I wrote a limerick about a turtle. It was the only thing I could think of that rhymed with fertile. Of…
I recently got laid off from an IT job I’d held for 35 years (I really did stay at an insurance company that long) and became a debut author. This has been, without a doubt, an exciting time. But new…
I’m at that point with my manuscript: banging my head against the wall as I flag and purge repetitive words and replace all those well-worn expressions: he smiles, she grins, he laughs, they frown, she shrugs, he furrows his brow,…
I ate a bit too much red meat and drank a bit too much red wine with friends last night while discussing works in progress, travel to Chile, osteology, and the Donner Party, among other things. Definitely not crafting a professional image…