If you love a writer, you can give them an awesome gift that will mean something to them without costing you a fortune.

The author of the theory of relativity, Albert Einstein, was a prolific letter-writer. A handwritten letter sold for $400,000, May of 2021.

I can't live without trees. No one can. Without them, the world would be bereft of beauty. A science haiku for our benevolent forest friends

Sue Monk Kidd's, The Book of Longings, is the perfect book for women writers as it portrays the passion and power of one person's words.

Lucy Foley's Guest List is the perfect example of a Gothic Mystery, filled with the psychological push and pull of human nature.

Kristin Hannah's novel, The Four Winds,depicts life in The Dust Bowl, but don't make it your only source. Try The Worst Hard Time by Egan.

Rumblings are sounding that Mark Sullivan's novel, Beneath a Scarlet Sky, has been misrepresented. The story it's based on is not all true.

Matt Haig's The Midnight Library is an intriguing story about a life teetering on the brink between regrets and possibilities.

Take it from award-winning poet, Mary Oliver. Too much planning can kill creativity. Let your words run wild to reach creative nirvana.

Maya Angelou was born on April 4, 1928. I was lucky enough to hear her speak and will never forget her power and her presence in our world.

I was lucky enough to hear Maya Angelou in person, an unforgettable experience. Her work has influenced my writing, my world, and my life.

Radical Humility: Essays on Ordinary Act is not an easy read, but a valuable one; a look at how to be humble in a world focused on "self."

Loving the neighbors' children is different from loving your own...less responsibility and worry, more joy; joy that is doubled with twins.

National Pencil Day is March 30th in honor of a tool that made writing possible for the common man. Here are fun facts about pencils.

People know Henry David Thoreau for his words, but most don't know that he was a great businessman and driver of the Thoreau Pencil Company.

Grieving Those Who Are Alive But Not What They Used to Be Photo by John Torcasio on Unsplash Honest. Raw. Painful…Helpful and Healing...

Every writer hears the standard advice: Write every day. But if they don't also READ every day, they can't be successful.

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library has "gifted" more than 150 million books to children throughout the world. She's a true book hero.

Writers have a process, a routine, a way of getting their creative mojo flowing. For many, their muse speaks best when they hold a pencil.

Backman gradually drew me in, weaving threads of detail and story into a fine tapestry of literary art. I came to love the book.