The school parking mom leans in the window and smiles at Michael Keaton as he delivers his kids through ~gasp~ the wrong driveway the first day of being Mr. Mom. “Hi,” she smiles, all swollen volunteer authority. “You’re doing it wrong.”
My husband and I still use this line. And just recently the epiphany of it [...]

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          One thing I’ve noticed as I read our Author Crush guest blogs is that routines are inevitable. Even when I think I’m not organized or methodical, I WILL have a routine. Even if it seems as though I’m procrastinating and ignoring the work, like [...]

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Author Crush month is so much fun. The authors we contact are all very gracious to give us a glimpse into their writing life. Truly, the authors we hosted last month were both entertaining and encouraging.
I get tickled when I think about our fascination with how writers work. What an odd profession when trainees, contemporaries, [...]

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          I spent almost three hours on Saturday writing today’s blog. In fact, I had most of next week’s blog written, too. I only had to do some final polishing and format it for posting. I would have uploaded it then, but I was running late [...]

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I am so excited to introduce our last Author Crush of 2010. Years ago when I was working as a technical writer/editor for an educational company I had a hard time reading books for pleasure. I couldn’t turn off my analytical brain and just enjoy the story. Then I picked up Liz Curtis Higg’s Thorn [...]

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My very first writers conference was a gift from my friend Janet. She didn’t want to go to her first writers conference alone. Together with our also-first-timer friend Lisa, the three of us sat in on a five-day workshop for fiction writers, all of us trying to believe we weren’t scared to death. But as [...]

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I first met Pamela Britton at a Romance Writers of America meeting. When she said she wrote books with NASCAR heroes, I thought, “Whatever.” But as she gave her talk, I found her funnier and cooler and I finally decided I had to at least try one of her books. I loved them! I’ve read [...]

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I met Donna Lott years ago when we attended the same church. Her website, www.DonnaLott.com says she is “insightfully, delightfully funny.” That was obvious from the first conversation I had with her. She is the epitome of Southern style and graciousness and I am honored to call her friend. One [...]

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Lois Lowry is one of those rare authors who writes very well on a variety of interesting and unique subjects, from true events such as the evacuation of Jews from Nazi-held Denmark to the imaginary utopian world of the Giver, to the absolutely-true stories of Gooney Bird Greene (which my daughter just loves).
Best of all, [...]

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I’ve been reading Jackie Diamond’s romances for years. They always make me laugh and smile – real “feel good” books! Her characters always seem like real people to me, and I always find myself genuinely liking them. Just like I genuinely like Jackie! She’s just the nicest person you could hope to meet – friendly, [...]

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