Finding honest feedback is hard. You have to find readers who are willing to read. They’re capable of language skills. They're honest.

Tea companies are winning new converts, increasing sales, and expanding their brand by overturning the previous stereotypes.

The literacy rate in America is 95%, but that's misleading because much of the population doesn't read at proficient levels.

da Vinci was the greatest genius of all time, someone who gave advice that writers today  can use to nurture their own creative genius.

The study of how reading affects our personality is in its infancy and have found that people who read literary fiction have more empathy.

Frank Herbert's science fiction Classic, Dune, is being remade into a new full-length feature film to be released in December 2020.

Beneath a Scarlet Sky provides a look at how WWII impacted the citizens of Italy and the true story of one boy who becomes a spy and a hero.

Treasure-hunting novels like Ramsey's Gold remind me that reading doesn't have to be serious. It's can be a fun escape into adventure.

It’s eerie how W. H. Auden’s poem, “September 1, 1939,” written more than 80 years ago, dovetailed so precisely with September 11, 2011.

I'm celebrating Mary Oliver on her birthday, September 10th, because she gave the world a gift of her poetry.

Big Lies in a Small Town by Diane Chamberlain uses the Post Office Mural Project as the basis for a compelling story of art and compassion.

A Family in Six Tones is brutally honest, mother-daughter account of coming to America when Saigon fell and the lifelong effects on both.

If Disney can be profitable with Mulan, more films will be released for streaming at home. Theaters might be a thing of the past.

Ray Bradbury got started with a daily writing habit after he was touched by an electrified sword in 1932.

Female friendhip frees you and encourages you to be yourself at any time, in any place in the world, in any circumstance - even naked.

The Rainbow Atlas shows the world and all its peoples in brilliant living color in both natural and created settings.

The Women in the Castle presents the German perspective during Hitler's time, attempting to answer the question, "How Did This Happen?

To win the "Current Wars, Thomas Edison resorted to dirty marketing. He used Westinghouse's current in the electric chair.

Wouldn’t it be nice if when you bought historical fiction, you'd know how much is fact and how much is fiction? We need a veracity scale.

Three recent books tell the important stories of women whose impact is still felt today: a codebreaker, an actress, and an amputee spy.