by K.P. Gresham This pandemic thing is getting really old. (A quote from Captain Obvious, obviously) But we writers have one thing in our...

I was writing a book review when Lark Rise to Candleford, a television series I had running in the background as a helpful distraction,...

By Francine Paino Past, present, future. Measures of time. The future is uncertain, or at least cannot be seen by the finite minds of...

by Renee Kimball “The moment I decided to leave him, the moment I thought, enough, we were thirty-thousand feet above the ocean, hurtling...

Why, exactly, do we take such interest in what our favorite detectives eat or what a character like Aunt Agatha grabs for first at...

“Alice’s ghost is rumored to haunt the dorm, but don’t worry, she’s a benevolent ghost. She likes to watch over students. Here is her...

by K.P. Gresham The Texas Governor’s Mansion is the perfect setting for my next book in the Pastor Matt Hayden Mystery Series. I’ve said...

by Kathy Waller When I opened my personal blog, back in the Dark Ages, I titled it To Write Is to Write Is to Write. I intended to tell...

From better writers than I’ll ever be, over the past weeks of being locked down, I’ve read many beautifully written high-minded prose on...

Memoir – noun:  a narrative composed from personal experience  – Merriam Webster Dictionary. Every memoir reminds us of the faraway and...

Lately I’ve been thinking about remarkable people who never got to see the significance of their work, regardless of its brilliance....

By K.P. Gresham The spring of 2020 has provided me with the opportunity to return to one of my favorite pastimes…and escapes. READING!...

By Helen Currie Foster So, did you dress up for Halloween? Did you buy a mask in New Orleans, or Venice, perhaps one with feathers? What...

May 8 was VE Day. 2020 marks the 75th anniversary of Germany’s surrender in Europe. Three-quarters of a century ago, Adolf Hitler and his...

Sometimes, as an author I am asked where I get ideas for my short stories. I get my inspiration from books and articles I read, places I...

By K.P. Gresham K.P. Gresham Writers love to dream. We dream when we’re awake and when we’re asleep. Sometimes its hard to tell the...

Feeling confined? Suffering from a bit of cabin fever? Getting Stir Crazy?  While we shelter in place, we have an excellent opportunity...

by Renee Kimball Neil Richard Gaiman will turn 60 this year. Gaiman’s stories and characters are now in our hearts and embedded in our...

by Helen Currie Foster Maybe you recall an interview like this, a chance for a fellowship. Three dour English academics at eight a.m.,...

Have you ever fallen down the research rabbit hole when looking for details for your writing? by Pixabay I have. Because I read...