Listen Up!
I have discovered a new podcast (new to me, that is), That Stack of Books, co-hosted by longtime KUOW radio [...]
Friend Friday
I am so pleased to host Dorinda Nicholson today for Friend Friday! I am a huge fan of hers, going [...]
Wednesday Wisdom for Writers
“Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.” Marianne Moore
Friend Friday
I have found more new friends (and books to add to my TBR pile!) over at the Nerdy Book Club. [...]
Wednesday Wisdom for Writers
"Put your ear down close to your soul and listen hard." Anne Sexton
Friend Friday
I am delighted to host Joanne O'Sullivan today, whom I recently met at the South Carolina Association of School Librarians [...]
Wednesday Wisdom
"Be awake to inspiration. . .it's not on YouTube or Facebook." Laurie Halse Anderson
Friend Friday
Mark Twain wrote in his biography that "Humor is mankind's greatest blessing." But writing funny can be a challenge as today's [...]
Wednesday Wisdom
"Work without a net." Matt Phelan
Friend Friday
I had such a blast when Michelle Dunphy interviewed me for her now-on-hiatus podcast, Authors are ROCKSTARS! She recently got [...]
Throwback Thursday
Going back to 1933 for this one: eighty-four years ago, to be exact. This rapscallion was born in Beaverton, Oregon, [...]
Wednesday Wisdom
"Another word for hope is book." Rita Williams-Garcia
Friend Friday. . on a Tuesday!
I have long admired Deborah Hopkinson's writing and if you have ever heard her speak, she does an amazing job [...]
Friend Friday
I met Paddy Eger when she attended a writing seminar I used to offer in my home, ten years or [...]
Friend Friday
It is not often I get to host a book creator who is also a professional performer, but such is [...]
Friend Friday
Happy St. Patrick's Day to you! And you are very lucky, indeed, today because my guest is Julie Bowe. Sadly, she [...]
Friend Friday
"Time and good friends are two things that get more valuable as we get older." I couldn't find the author [...]
Friend Friday
This Friday Feature is near and dear to me; it's such fun to shine the spotlight on my fellow writers' [...]
Friend Friday
Even though we are practically neighbors, J. Anderson Coats and I are still only cyber friends. I hope that changes [...]
Friend Friday
Okay, when I tell you that Dave Patneaude is a friend, that is a serious understatement. He and I have [...]