Everyone has a secret guilty pleasure.  Chocolate, Hallmark movies, karaoke.      I have a secret geeky pleasure. Puzzles.  Jigsaw p...

Oh, how I love any New Year’s gifts. Think: 365 chances (minimum). Think: countless possibilities. Today’s celebratory salutation r...

Howdy, Campers ~ Happy New Year from all of us at TeachingAuthors ! We are kicking this year off with a tip-of-the-hat to Smith Magazine...

I have the honor of writing the last TeachingAuthors.com blog post for 2016.  We will return with new posts on January 16, 201...

I love the year-end lists of good books that are appearing all over the Internet now. Every year, I pore over them, trying to memorize int...

Recently I wrote about how now, more than ever, our stories are important. As a writer of American historical fiction and American...