John Grisham, one of my favorite authors, is on MSNBC’s Morning Joe site answering questions live right now…I’m hopping back and forth between blogging and viewing. If you’re interested in being a part, click here and chat with John Grisham.  Take a look at the information about his newest book, “The Associate”. Some interesting questions [...]

I found a nice selection of articles, guides and information to help if you are considering insurance for your home, or are looking for ways to care for your home to keep your rates reasonable.  They include: Do You Get It? Homeowners Insurance Simplified The History of Home Insurance  Flood Insurance Guide Hurricane Preparedness Practice [...]

Best-selling and Pulitzer Prize wining author, John Updike, has died at the age of 75 after his battle with lung cancer. I smiled when reading that he was born in Reading, PA, wondering how much the name of the Town you are born in influences your profession. His writing skills developed early in life and [...]

Martha Stewart has become a household name because of her talent in the kitchen, with crafts, and her ability to create a warm atmosphere in the home.  Her magazine, “Martha Stewart Living” is beautiful, and full of the things that we have come to love about her. You are probably wondering where the “flowers” come [...]

A few days ago I received a beautiful cookbook, sent to me from one of my favorite States in the Northeast, Massachusetts. My dear grandparents lived there and we visited and vacationed in MA many, many times.  The cover of the book is warm and inviting, a family gathered together and enjoying each other, and [...]

A book entitled “Nice Average Guy” is written by a more-than-average guy named Ned Mansour. He’s a “more than average” guy because he donates the profit from his books to charities, I’ll tell you more about that at the end of this post. The book is about a man living an every day life with [...]

An author and friend who wrote a humorous parenting book will be partnering with Barb Desmaris, a parenting coach, to bring you a Teleseminar on Feb 2nd at 7 pm EST. The seminar title is Parenting:  What We Know For Sure. There is no cost for this event, to register, go to this link at [...]

How many of you authors that stop by to visit this site have written love stories? Please let us know in a comment! Have you read a good love story lately? Do tell! February will be here soon…I hope…especially today when it is so bitterly cold in the Northeast and I want to hurry the [...]

As promised in the previous post, I did a little homework, and found a simple explanation on making your own audio book that someone had posted to a popular article site, very basic information…easy enough for even me to understand This article was written a few years ago, so I don’t know what improvements have [...]

Today I was visiting a site that has a selection of sound effects and music, and it made me wonder how many people have ever made their own Audio Book?  With the technology that is available to record and save your recordings, then mix with background sound or music, it doesn’t seem impossible…I’m going to [...]