April 13, 1909 is Eudora Welty's birthday. Welty is a Southern writer and Pulitzer-Prize winner for her novel, The Optimist's Daughter.

Jack London cut off the tip of thumb the same year he sold Call of the Wild.

Walking is good for your health, but also your mind. It makes you more creative by letting your mind wander. For me, poetry pours out when I

Porch-sitting is becoming popular again, a renewal of an old-time habit of connecting with people around you. All because of the Coronavirus

During the Coronavirus pandemic and our extended stay-at-home-orders, you may feel like you're losing your mind. Save your sanity with 5 tip

Right now, it’s the Coronavirus, but at other times it might be a major earthquake, a horrific tornado, or a massive tsunami. Personal trage

Hannah Beckerman's novel, If Only I Could Tell You, shows how easily a family can fall apart and how hard it is to put back together.

Lots of people jot down ideas in notebooks. But after you've jotted them down, can you find what you need when you need it? Indexing helps.

In these difficult times of Coronavirus, writers and poets can model themselves after the wisdom William Faulkner gave in his Nobel Prize sp

Music lifts us up during times of crisis as proven by the Italian balcony singers and the book, The Cellist of Sarajevo.

Do creative people live longer? Yes! A study by The Journal of Aging and Health showed that creative people deal better with stress. They

Lily King's novel Writers & Lovers tells of the struggles of creative life, of finding love, and of determination to make dreams come true.

Research shows that creativity can be enhanced by looking at art, listening to music, and sniffing good smells.

Now is the time to stay home and catch up on all those books you’ve wanted to read in the past, but didn’t have time. Sheltering in place do

I kept thinking about that as I read Robert Hellenga’s novel, The Snakewoman of Little Egypt. It almost sounds like the opening of a joke: “

No person on earth has more than 24 hours in a day. No one can concoct a magic potion to conjure extra time for increased productivity. We a

How much time do you spend reading each day? 15 minutes? 30 minutes? How much time would you like to have in the company of a book? No matte

This man was caring for his wife “through better or worse. In sickness and health.” He was performing acts of unbelievable love every day. D

If you don’t know Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within, go out and buy a copy today. If you do know it, you’ll be smiling becau

Maya Angelou entered from the back of a big conference room. Well before I could see her, I heard her, a booming, mellifluous, voice with ju