by Melissa Muldoon As I was finishing my second novel, Waking Isabella—a story set in Arezzo, Italy that tells the story of Isabella de’ Medici and her portrait that was lost during World War II—I realized I didn’t want my writing experience to end. So, before I had even publishedContinue Reading
by Crissi Langwell The Road to Hope came to me when I was grocery shopping. No joke! I was at Trader Joe’s in the produce section when I saw a toddler fall from a shopping cart. He had been in the large part of the empty basket, and his weightContinue Reading
by Jodi Levon I love helping people find their own intuitive voice and their happiness! My intuition has, aside from the Universe, always been my best friend. It’s helped me out of danger, into love, to new and exciting experiences and to my higher soul-self. So when I experienced aContinue Reading
by Sara Secora When I started writing the first book, Throne of Lies, it began in 2007 when I was only seventeen. I was an introvert homebody with a love for nerd culture like video games and books. This fascination led me toward writing my own story about another girl whoContinue Reading
by Sheila Moeschen I’ve always loved comedy and humor in general. As I kid I loved The Muppet Show and read MAD Magazine, and listened to Weird Al Yankovic. When I was pursuing my PhD from Northwestern in the Interdisciplinary Theatre & Drama program, I become more exposed to theContinue Reading
by Marcus Lopes I’m the type of person who needs rules to ground me, and a routine to stay focused. That was never more true than from my late teens to early twenties. That was a period in my life when I was trying to find my way in theContinue Reading
by Mary Avery Kabrich Like many aspiring writers, I knew early in my life I wanted to be a writer. I loved to make up stories and was quite imaginative. However, I had severe dyslexia, and was told by my teacher in grade school, if you can’t read, you can’tContinue Reading
by Chris Patchell Pets for Vets was created to improve the lives of both Veterans and animals by bringing them together in a thoughtful, caring way. Their goal is to give back to the brave servicemen and women who have given everything to our country, while finding homes for deservingContinue Reading
Last year around this time, I did a post on my top 10 books for the year. Readers seemed to like it, so I thought I’d try it again. Writers are readers first, after all, and it’s fun to spread the word about books that touched us for one reasonContinue Reading
by Virginia Jensen I first became interested in beadwork because I had moved to a new city and was out of a job. I ended up working part time at Michaels craft store demonstrating products and holding classes in craft work. The beading teacher was unable to continue, so IContinue Reading
by Donna Cook My first idea for this story actually came as I developed the series as a whole. The Beautiful Rivers series is about three siblings who inherited a luxury resort on the California coast when their parents passed away suddenly. (Their cousin, who was practically raised with them,Continue Reading
by Laurie Buchanan I ran away from home—sunny southern California to the overcast Pacific Northwest—when I was fifteen. Lying about my age, I applied at one of those everything-under-one-roof superstores and got a job. Over the next five years, I worked my way from entry-level cashier to management. During thatContinue Reading