I almost forgot to blog in September! Reviewing My Adventures With Superman season three, X-Men ’97 season two, & Spider-Man: Brand New Day in a row was exhausting! I was almost going to …

November 12 – 15, 2026

Texas Reads Women’s Fiction with Jann Alexander Like a Texas road trip that can seem daunting, women’s fiction is all about the journey. Both are colorful, fun, informative, and often […]

Imagine a man who calls my beloved tea ‘pigeon sweat.’ In one of many atrocious puns, he thinks ghosts ‘need to believe in themselves.’ And he says we should all act like goldfishes, because...

This October there are more than eight dozen calls for submissions. All of these are paying markets, and none charge submission fees. As alw...

Book reviews, snippets of book news, and alerts about books outside the glare of the publicity spotlight.

Outside the usual autumn stuff, what else does the season hold for you annually?

Literary Agents, Free Writing Contests, Submission Calls & more

Social media gets plenty of criticism, but the platforms also give people a way to find causes, support nonprofits and rally around community needs.

In the two years or so since I started PostScript Eulogies, I have written hundreds of eulogies for people who have lost someone. In that time, I have done countless video calls or sat in living rooms...

No one is too far away to be cared for or to care. Inspiring those who support a friend living with mental illness.

History, travel, nostalgia and genealogy

Most of my time spent in the library, these days, is with my daughter, a nine-year-old. So you can imagine where I might be in the library. Do they have a fish tank? Is there a special event with anim...

Welcome to another blog hop. Today’s topic is: What section of the library would we find you hanging out in? I worked as a library assistant from October 1980 to June 1982, just before my eld…

When the body keeps protecting you after the danger is gone.

Trust me when I say that writing a eulogy for a parent is never easy. I've done it twice for my own parents when they passed, and it was the hardest thing I've ever done. I'm sure that writing one for...

Captain William Bligh of His Majesty’s Armed Vessel Bounty.   Now, if you saw that on a business card (an anachronism in this instance, I know), and if you have any knowledge of history worth...

Would readers feel they know me, if all they knew was my writing?

Life’s biggest milestones still come with financial consequences

Book reviews, snippets of book news, and alerts about books outside the glare of the publicity spotlight.

What section of the library would we find you hanging out in?

Productivity works better when tasks get smaller, distractions get quieter and technology handles routine work instead of adding to the workload.

Established in 1981 by a unanimous United Nations resolution, International Peace Day (Peace Day) provides a globally shared date for humanity to rise above all differences and contribute to a buil…

No one is too far away to be cared for or to care. Inspiring those who support a friend living with mental illness.