My daughters (the two who live close) and I have a little book club. We love to read, but we also love an extra opportunity to get together to eat and drink. If you’d like to catch up on what we’ve read, here are the links to the other Mother-Daughter Book Club posts: The Mother-Daugher…
[This article is reposted with permission from author Joan Fernandez. Joan’s debut novel, Saving Vincent, A Novel of Jo van Gogh, will publish on April 15, 2025 with She Writes Press and is based on a true story. In the early twentieth century, a timid widow—and sister-in-law of the famed painter—Jo van Gogh takes on…
Lots of people who are writing books do not set daily word count targets. There are various reasons for this—they feel stifled by it, they need to let their writing go where it goes (or not), they want to feel okay whether they write many words or few, or they just do not need it….
I like to change up my reading vibe according to the seasons. Spooky reads in fall, snowy reads in winter, etc. Christmas deserves its own category, and if you’re in the mood for some Christmas literature, I’ve got a few recs. for you. I’m skipping over Little Women and A Christmas Carol, because you already…
There’s an online writing activity I like about as much as having someone else floss my teeth—posting the first line of a story in internet forums to receive critique from whoever’s willing to help. This practice is common on Reddit; I’ve also seen these threads in Facebook groups that are otherwise valuable places for writers…