Archive for June 2022
#ThrowbackThursdayBookstagram: The Beach House
Happy Thursday! This week features THE BEACH HOUSE by @janegreenauthor. I’m pretty certain I read this book while nursing Melina (who was born the summer after this released), so while I did enjoy it—my Goodreads account tells me so—I don’t remember all the details of it now. But Jane Green is a prolific author, and…
Read MoreThe Fun of Fiction: An Interview with Karla Huebner
It’s always a pleasure to feature authors who live or work in my area, and Karla Hueber falls into that camp. She’s Professor of Art History at Wright State University here in Dayton, Ohio, and she specializes in “1750-present with research interests that include Czech modernism, surrealism, and gender and sexuality.” Though an accomplished nonfiction…
Read More#ThrowbackThursdayBookstagram: Falling Together
Happy Thursday! This week features FALLING TOGETHER by Marisa de los Santos. First, let me say this: If you have never read a book by Marisa de los Santos, you should. You really should. She’s a poet and a novelist, and every one of her sentences is beautiful. In fact, one Goodreads reviewer wrote of…
Read MoreAnxiety and an Active Imagination: An Interview with Jasmine Shouse
The topic of mental health is important to me, and novels are one of the best ways to highlight the significance of good mental health support and educate readers. Author Jasmine Shouse is intimately familiar with the world of mental health, and she’s used her experience to help craft her most recent book, Insanely Sane,…
Read More#ThrowbackThursdayBookstagram: Still Alice
Is there such a thing as #ThrowbackThursdayBookstagram? Or maybe #ThrowbackThursday #Bookstagram? No matter! It’s here now if it wasn’t before. Each Thursday (or maybe every other Thursday, depending on my schedule), I’m going to highlight a book I’ve read over on my Instagram account, and I’ll do my best to post here too. My list is so long,…
Read MoreMoving Goals: An Interview with Shameez Patel Papathanasiou
Conducting author interviews introduces me to so many authors I might not have crossed paths with. Shameez Patel Papathanasiou falls into that category. A fantasy author living in Cape Town, South Africa, Shameez probably never put on her list of people to “meet” a women’s fiction author in Ohio. But technology is so good to…
Read MoreWomen’s Fiction Day 2022 (Enter to Win!)
Happy Women’s Fiction Day! Women’s fiction is near and dear to my heart, so of course I said I’d participate again this year. To help commemorate the day, I will be holding a GIVEAWAY! That’s right. One lucky winner from the United States will win a signed paperback copy of Rewrite the Stars, a bookmark…
Read MoreWomen’s Fiction Day 2022 is Coming Soon!
Women’s Fiction Day is coming on June 8, 2022! Women’s fiction is near and dear to my heart, so of course I said I’d participate again this year. I’m sharing the Women’s Fiction Writers Association (WFWA) press release below so you know all about the day and what it entails. (And note: THERE WILL BE…
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