by @HelenaSmrcek Here comes a confession. I grew up hating reading. Ironic as it may sound, coming from an author, I had a good reason for it. Although never formally diagnosed, I had a mild form [ Read More ]
Have you ever read a story and imagined that you could BE a particular character? When I was a kid, I literally wore out a set of Little House on the Prairie books. I read the covers right off of t [ Read More ]
By Maryann Landers My husband and I are traveling north from southern Utah to our home in Alaska in a forty foot bus conversion. This grand adventure will take us through Idaho, Montana and up into [ Read More ]
My Reading Life – Kelly Goshorn
by Kelly Goshorn In my last My Reading Life post, I confessed that my busy schedule precludes me from reading as many books as I’d like and that audiobooks allowed me to fit reading into my day. [ Read More ]
My Reading Life – Sarah Hamaker
Do books make you laugh? Cry? Fear for a heroine’s safety? Yell at the hero to watch out? If you’ve felt any of those or other emotions while reading fiction, you’re not alone. Fiction has th [ Read More ]
My Reading Life – Lynne Lanning
After days filled with hours of creating characters and trying to keep all of them from going rogue on me, (yes, they tend to have minds of their own sometimes), there is nothing that clears my min [ Read More ]
My Reading Life – Christina Sinisi
Before writing this post, I browsed through past blogs in this vein. Three years ago, I introduced myself to Blue Ridge Readers. Two years ago, I wrote in detail about growing up in the mountains o [ Read More ]
My Reading Life – DiAnn Mills
Every time I pick up a new book to read, I feel like I’m walking a tightrope. Reading sends me balancing on a highwire filled with intrigue, suspense, adventure, romance, and a new heightened exp [ Read More ]
My Reading Life – E.V. Sparrow
We’ve probably all heard how we pass our DNA traits to our descendants, and show what we learn in our family of origin to our children, right? I think we also pass on our love of reading books to [ Read More ]
My Reading Life – Eva Marie Everson
by Eva Marie Everson Many years ago, just before I walked into this crazy business of writing and publishing, I happened to walk the aisles of a local Walmart. Naturally, I found myself in the lite [ Read More ]