Review: Laura Ingalls Is Ruining My Life
Laura Ingalls Is Ruining My Life by Shelley Tougas My rating: 5 of 5 stars What a delightful book! Right …
Category Archives: Books
Book festivals? Yay or nay?
If you’re a published author, you may have been invited to participate in a book festival. Did you accept the …
Creating a consistent writing practice
What are your tips and tricks for keeping a consistent writing practice? I will admit, there are times when I …
Some wise words of advice regarding memoir
Photo Credit: Wiebke Flickr via Compfight cc I’m prepping for my beginning memoir class at The Loft Literary Center (6-8 …
What was the name of that YA series??
For years and years, I could not remember the name of the book series I enjoyed so much as a …
Mankato’s writing talent
Mankato is home to three 2017 Minnesota Book Award finalists, who all appeared March 9 at the local Barnes and …
They exist: Strong female characters in young adult and children’s books
Watch this video: The Ugly Truth of Children’s Books In this video, a mother and daughter remove books from a shelf. …
I am a writer because…
…of this place: And these books: On Tuesday, I went inside the Waseca-Le Sueur Public Library for the first time …
Upcoming writing workshops
I’ll be teaching various memoir and nonfiction workshops around Minnesota in the next few months. If you write memoir/nonfiction please …
Johnny Marr Day on KMSU
The Jan. 20 edition of Shuffle Function was devoted to Johnny Marr. I was the special guest, as co-hosts Tim …
If You Have Five Seconds to Spare 