There is a special relationship between a reader and a print book that, for me, does not happen on a cellphone, or screen. Reading a...

What’s keeping you? Is it a story inspired by real life? Your life perhaps? A flash of brilliance that made you say “I can do that!” Or,...

I have always seen myself as an outsider. Someone who would meet each new person and by listening to what they had to say find an opening...

Some read a novel as a first and only experience and when done move on to another book. Others have a few books they will reread once or...

I am not going to share stories of my family. Nor, is this about my personal life. It is the family an author accumulates, both on the...

The author brings to each book a preconceived vision of the overall message behind a project. Is it to inform? To educate? To open...

Athena – Pat’s Pithy Posts – January 6, 2021 Painting with Words An author tells a story in words and when they paint a picture the...

In simple terms, public relations is having a story/interview/book reported by the media as news.

Originally featured in "Your Secret Library Mystery Magazine" https://issuu.com/booksgosocial/docs/mystery_issue_16_11 Only when I began...

No surprise, I’m not perfect. Nor the most attractive or smartest person in the room. But when I sit down in a totally quiet environment...

The financial news report said that there were no women heading up a hedge fund. And there began a tale of how one woman founded a firm...

There is nothing new in the recent kerfuffle surrounding Harvey Weinstein. We have seen it before with Presidents Clinton and JFK, and...

I conceive my tales of corporate crime featuring women in dynamic careers by identifying some aspect that differentiates them from men...

What if? - This is often the place writers start when beginning to create their fictional tales. I suggest it is also a good place to...

Just as Agatha Christie set her mysteries in a country estate, ship or train, a business is also a closed universe inhabited by a cast of...