An Austin, TX transplant and lifetime environmental advocate, Kay Smith-Blum has resided in Seattle for more than four decades. The recent upheaval over leaking waste tanks at the Hanford site in Washington state compelled her to write a Hanford story in a way that would educate and entertain readers, resulting in her debut novel, Tangles. […]
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Meant For More: Following Your Heart and Finding Your Purpose
As a child, author Karen Olson couldn’t shake the image of homeless people she’d encountered. The heart-tugging images stayed with her, and in time, she acted on the instinct to help. As founder and CEO, I am the emeritus of Family Promise, a charitable organization dedicated to sheltering, feeding, educating, and empowering the homeless community. […]
Author Q&A With Margaret Dulaney
Margaret Dulaney has written story-based essays on mystical themes for a quarter of a century. In 2010 she began offering these writings on ListenWell.org, a website featuring once-monthly spoken word essays, exploring open-faith ideas through story and metaphor. She has authored three books of nonfiction: To Hear the Forest Sing, The Parables of Sunlight and […]
Morning Fuel: Daily Inspirations to Stretch Your Mind Before Starting Your Day
Daily inspirational tomes are a vastly popular way to harvest a few pearls of wisdom to start or end the day. This collection by best-selling author Rebecca Faye Smith Galli is designed to meet that need. With 365 short and sweet Gregorian calendar-themed reads, each one invites you deeper into her world. To clarify, “Becky” […]
Be a Beginner
Guest Post by award-winning author, Tracy Badua They say Practice makes perfect, and oh boy, it takes a lot of practice for me to get good at things. I wish I were naturally talented at writing, but behind every book lay hours of research, spotty rough drafts, and countless late nights re-reading and polishing. I’m […]
Author Q&A With Gillian Eliza West
Gillian Eliza West, debut author of Ruin: The Infernis Duology Book One, lives in Austin, Texas. With a passion for mythology that has taken her around the world despite her fear of flying, she strives to infuse her stories with a similar kind of wonder and magic. Her first foray into writing for an audience […]
Book Teaser: Bits of String Too Small to Save
The audiobook of Ruby Peru’s Bits of String Too Small to Save will be available this December! The long-awaited release of the audio format for the book won the 2022 Deanna Tulley Multimedia Prize. Narrated by the author herself, Ruby Peru, and voiced by a wide cast, this full-cast recording brings the novel’s colorful, imaginative characters to life in […]
Thanksgiving In the Woods
I love a good holiday book designed to be read aloud and shared with friends, children, and family—one that can be passed down for generations. Thanksgiving in the Woods is such a book. Written by Phillis Alsdurf and Illustrated by Jenny Lovlie, Thanksgiving in the Woods is charming picture book in storyline and visual appeal, […]
Heidi Across America: One Woman’s Journey on a Bicycle Through the Heartland
When a student decides to make her research project a bike ride from Eugene, Oregon, to Washington, D.C., she and the reader of her memoir are in for quite the adventure. Author Heidi Beierle documents her journey in her latest book, Heidi Across America. She shares the pains, triumphs, lessons, and just about everything you […]
What Literary Agents Love in Their Authors
Getting your writing project in tip-top shape is just half the battle. The second half, and for some, seemingly more complex endeavor, is getting it into the hands of readers. If you choose to self-publish, the path may be more accessible and swifter—though much hard work and help is required. But if you decide to […]