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Here is my journey to becoming an author, and the exciting sequence of events that resulted in the short film for my first book, Sleeping with the Blackbirds.

When writing historical romance, research is imperative to make the story believable. Research is such fun!

If you’re reaching for a dictionary at the word “mixtopian,” don’t bother: I confess I made it up. I figure it’s one of those terms that should exist but doesn’t. It does, however, beg the question, how does a mixtopia differ from “normal life”?

If you’ve found yourself working too much or lacking motivation to work, or you are struggling to find balance between work and home life, this book will help you address the problem and make positive changes.

If you’re trying to decide whether or not to spend money on an ebook, especially if you aren’t familiar with the author, here are some tips to help you determine whether that ebook is a good book.

The opening line of a novel should pull you in, and there a lot of books out there that do exactly that. Here are 22 powerful opening lines that we love.

I first stumbled across this book in 2015. I picked up a copy from my local library and started to read it. And then the unexpected happened. I instantly fell in love with the story.

Have you read your way through hundreds and thousands of pages of Urban Fantasy novels and series, following the adventures of familiar heroines. I have too—and those better known heroines have led me to uncover a slew of others. I’d love to share a few of my favorites.

Do you love a good pirate romance? Discovering how pirates pillaged the Mediterranean, looted Asia under the command of Madame Ching Shih, and even pirated American rivers is another way to enjoy swashbuckling tales.

If you’re anything like me and you’ve been unable to lose yourself to the fictional world due to stress, work overload, work underload, depression, or any other negative impact from this nasty virus, I want to encourage you to find a book and forget, even for just a few hours, everything going on around us.

In a recent sermon I mentioned my “Team Expectations” (aka classroom rules) from when I taught. In response to some requests for them, here they are exactly as they were posted in the back of my classroom with brief explanations below each, along with a book suggestion for teaching and learning these rules.

The Bookish Things on my Lifelong To-Do List that I want to share with you today are all travel-related, since in this time of pandemic, most of us can only dream about traveling. I present you with the top five places on my Book Nerd bucket list.

My challenge, as an author, is to make alternate worlds believable. The more fantastical the world, the more important it is to include details that help readers suspend their disbelief.

This clean romance has just the right amount of mystery to keep you turning the pages. When the past collides with the present, will Hailey and Dylan’s relationship survive? Pick up this enthralling, standalone romance to find out!

Usually the biggest question for anybody interested in real estate investing is “how do I get started in investing in real estate?“ The answer is to read as much as you can about the topic, starting with the books in this post.

In our current climate, there’s nothing better than escaping into the pages of a good book—and these days, it seems like there’s a book for everyone. Or is there? One demographic is slipping through the cracks: 10–14-year-olds.

Ready to try some new crime series? Here is a list of crime series you will love.

We are involved in a sort of war today, but it is a vastly different one. The battle against the coronavirus brings hardships. No question. But they are of a different order.

Dan Brown shot to fame with The Da Vinci Code. But once you have finished his eight novels, what do you read? Paula Wynne shares a list of books for fans of Dan Brown.