The Do’s and Don’ts of Writing in the Second Person
Point of view is one of the first decisions that a writer makes when crafting a piece. Often, they turn to either first person (I/me/we) or third person (he/she/they) points
Laura’s Books and Blogs’ Bookshelf Tour!
After noticing that I had completely neglected to schedule a blog post for February 19, 2021 in advance, I took this opportunity to make lemonade out of lemons and scramble
How the Midwest Horror Was Won by filmmaker James Morley III
By: James Morley III If necessity is the mother of invention, then perhaps the father is desperation. In the spring of 2020, after many years of unsuccessful attempts to rejuvenate
5 Takeaways from Reading No Time Like the Future by Michael J. Fox
Celebrity memoirs are usually popular reads because we get to learn about a celebrity’s life and career from their own mouth. But readers pick up actor Michael J. Fox’s books
Book Review: Writing and Madness in a Time of Terror by Afarin Majidi
By: Cathy Bertrand Not your typical #MeToo memoir. Writing and Madness in a Time of Terror is not what I expected it to be. I thought it would be an
Book Review: Making March by Hayley Walsh
Have you ever been through a time when life was coming at you with one crazy event after another and you thought, “this could be a book?” Making March by
Author Interview with Mark Binder
A recent survey showed that only about one third of teenagers read regularly. So, writers who write for this demographic really need to bring their A game in order to
Book Review: Little Lindy is Kidnapped by Thomas Doherty
True crime has had a surge in popularity in recent years. But it has always captured intense public interest. It’s shocking to hear about a horrific crime. It’s even more
Author Interview with Muhammad Shoaib Majeed
Below is my interview with Muhammad Shoaib Majeed who has written a self-help book titled A Perfect Guide to Self-Development. There is no manual in life, but there are books
Killer Blonde Book Review and Author Interview
Do you remember when serial killer stories were all the rage? You could throw a rock and hit a reader holding a paperback copy of the latest detective thriller. That
Author Interview with Michael J. Polelle
The advice “write what you know” can be pretty limiting for a writer. In author Michael J. Polelle’s case, however, he decided to learn everything he could about the cult
Passion for Poetry: One Poet’s Process
By: Brittany Benko When I was fourteen years of age, I wrote my first poem in school as an English assignment. It was about the world and how to better
Book Review: Becoming Beautiful by Tarang Rawat
When children look for picture books to read, their standards tend to focus on the illustrations and the characters rather than the moral messages that are embedded in the story.
Author Interview with Anne Marie Bennett
The idea of writing a full-length novel can be intimidating with good reason. To take a small idea and blow it up into an entire world across hundreds of pages
I Can Do Stories by Sally Tears Book Review and Author Interview
The inspiration to write a story often comes an author asking, “what if?” In the case of Sally Tears, her inspiration came from a walk on the beach. And before