Jeff Herman’s Guide to Book Publishers, Editors, & Literary Agents Publishers have rules and they can be difficult to figure out. That is why this book is such a blessing. Jeff Herman gives writers straight up advice that is easy to follow. He even lets us in on a little secret . . . “Remember this:…

I keep a detailed reading log of every single title I read over the course of a year. This is where I do it. After I read a book, I blog about it and then add a link to that post here. As such, this page becomes a table of contents for all of the…

A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life by Donald Miller Donald Miller believes that we can use what we know about storytelling to live better lives. He writes, “If Steve was right about a good story being a condensed version of life – that is, if story is…

Here is an intriguing reading challenge that I have seen floating around on social media. I have challenged myself for the past three years to keep a detailed reading log and blog about every single title I read. Here are my totals so far 2012 – 65 2013 – 61 2014 – 78 As you…

Wake by Robert J. Sawyer Caitlin Decter is a bright 15 year old girl. She navigates the web with ease despite being born blind. She has a braille interface for her computer but manages to remember the order of links she clicks on to quickly traverse the pages she wants to access. One day, she…

Tomorrow Comes by Donna Mebane In the afterward to this novel, Donna Mebane writes, I’m not a theologian or a psychologist or a philosopher. I’m not even a writer. I’m just a mom who loves my kids and assumed, like every mom does, that they’d be a part of my life for all my life.…

Daily Zen Doodles: 365 Tangle Creations for Inspiration, Relaxation, and Mindfulness by Meera Lee Patel This is a commonplace book with a twist. Or maybe it’s a sketch book with quotations. Or it could be a individualized puzzle for you to complete every single day for a year. Whatever it is, it is pretty cool!…