For this week’s edition of Saturday Six, I have a list of six famous people (living or dead) whom I’d love to have dinner with. I use the term “have dinner with” pretty loosely. It’s my experience, when I do these kinds of things, that I just sit at the same table, basking in the …
Category: Books
Lia Mack and Waiting for Paint to Dry
I am lucky enough to have a family member in the writing business! Here, my cousin Lia Mack shares a little about how she became a writer and what it meant to her to write her first novel. When did you take up writing as a hobby? Hobby? Them's fightin' words, ya know! Joking aside, I …
Emily DeArdo and Living Memento Mori
Emily DeArdo decided more than a decade ago to share her experience living with Cystic Fibrosis. In more ways than one, she is an inspiration. I've asked her to share a little about her story as an author. When did you discover your love for writing? I think I've always loved writing. I remember writing …
The Best Books
I want spend a little time today gushing about my favorite books because they played a pretty big role in my aspirations to become a writer. You’ve likely never heard of these books. It’s the Apple Valley Series by Nancy Covert Smith, a young adult writer who doesn’t have a great many titles under her …