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Poetry is clear expression of mixed feelings Writing a poem is surely not a cup of tea until you know the ways to stir your brain. But by the time you reach the last line of this blog you’ll …

Why review of an out of print book? Simple - I absolutely love this book. I keep going back to it because I just enjoy looking at the work environment of favorite writers.

When Should We Add the (Book) Marketing? Seth Godin points out that marketing should start at the beginning, and that's true for nonfiction authors too

Salman Rushdie on what the books “Slaughterhouse-Five,” by Kurt Vonnegut, “Catch-22,” by Joseph Heller, and others tell us about the nature of war and humanity.

I decided to make a writing vision board to encourage me on my writing journey.I’m a visual learner so I thought it would be good to have a mood board for my career. So with images from Pinterest and a template from Canva, I set of on making my writi...

Old Fashion Vibes on Instagram: “Actress Barbara Laage, alone in her apartment reading. Photograph by Nina Leen. Paris, May 1946.”

When I heard that Markus Zusak, author of The Book Thief, was visiting Denver, I actually gasped out loud. The Book Thief has been influential in my writing and reading life in more ways than I can name. Suffice it to say that I have about a million favorite books, but when forced to choose just one, I say The Book Thief. The characters don't let you go, the plot is so original, and to say the writing style is beautiful is an understatement. So of course I jumped at the chance to hear Zusak…

"If," written by manly writer Rudyard Kipling, is an amazingly insightful poem on the attributes of what makes a man a man.