Morgan’s Redemption by Ann McAllister Clark

The author’s spellbinding interweaving of history and today’s world in the small Michigan town of Morgan’s Bridge draws you in for a delightful, engrossing read in Morgan’s Redemption. I cannot tell from gazetteers if the community of Morgan’s Bridge actually exists, perhaps under another name, but it is as real … Read more…

Is It Really OK to Laugh?

When there’s so much heartbreak going on around us, it can almost seem wrong to be laughing at anything. Yet we need to laugh whenever we can, just never at the expense of others. If someone is deliberately making a fool of himself and trying to fool the public, that … Read more…

Favorite Childhood Books

Most readers have a favorite book or movie from childhood. Those of us who arrived at being writers had many favorites. To choose a single favorite book from childhood that actually influenced who I am today? Aye, there’s the rub! We had little money but we had the public library … Read more…

Submitting a Manuscript

I overheard a couple of comments a little while ago that made me think I should back up and talk about actually submitting a manuscript (MS) to an editor, either at a magazine or a book publishing house. So, first steps first: You’ve read sample copies of the magazines where … Read more…

The Art of Work by Jeff Goins – A Book Review

Look for The Art of Work in a bricks and mortar bookstore or library, and it will likely be shelved under Business & Economics | Careers | General. But it will be unlike any other business or economics book you ever read! I’ve always found that genre to be either … Read more…

It’s a Rejection Slip. Now, what?

Rejection slips should not come as a surprise to any serious writer, though they never cease to annoy and disappoint. Who are those people, anyway, to reject my writing?! Choose Your Target In a society that has evolved to where “the bottom line” is all that matters, rejection slips are … Read more…

Deep in the Wave: An Informal Book Review

DEEP IN THE WAVE: A Surfing Guide to the Soul by Bear Woznick with Lou Aronica A good part of a writer’s job is to read widely. Tell me my prejudices are showing but I wouldn’t have expected a book about surfing to be spiritual, let alone as spiritual as … Read more…

Why Do They Tell Me to Write about What I Know?

Writing about what we know is drilled into us subconsciously from the time we write our very first How I spent my summer vacation essay for our own Miss Brooks on an August or September morning when the world outside the classroom is still calling to us. Isn’t that an … Read more…

Book Review of A Bone in Her Teeth by Ann McAllister Clark

The title of this first mystery novel immediately caught my attention! Moreover, the cover shows a houseboat on its way in from the ocean … at night. A houseboat? What is going on here? I had to buy the book and read it to find out. The back cover states … Read more…

Discoveries: A Journey Through Life

The stories in Discoveries: A Journey Through Life are the result of only a few of the fascinating discoveries I’ve made along the journey of life so far. I’ve seen much of the good and some of the evil of which humanity is capable. But these works of fiction represent … Read more…