When was the last time you cracked open a book that you really wanted to read? Reading for work or school doesn’t count. I’m talking about that pile accumulating on your nightstand or in an electronic device. I get it. Reading can be hard to fit in. I shared five ways to make time for…
I was a very slow reader. I hated being called on to read aloud in first and second grade, maybe as much as I hated playing the publically humiliating math game, Around the World. I wasn’t good at reading, and I didn’t enjoy it. But my mom worked patiently with me at home and I…
[Guest Post by Christa MacDonald] In the last few months I’ve been thinking about what a privilege it is to have folks read my books. All writing is personal to some degree, but novels are different. They only start with the writer. They’re really finished, so to speak, by the reader. As an author I…
Life’s Little Moments [Dana McNeely]
Life presents us with many turning points. But there are also quieter moments, like a whisper . . .