Laura Segal Stegman is a Los Angeles-based publicity consultant and author whose middle grade debut novel, Summer of L.U.C.K., its sequel, Ready or Not (both Five-Star Readers’ Favorite Award winners),
What does it mean to live a full life? There’s no definitive answer. There’s no single lifestyle, profession, or age that a person can attain to earn the title. It’s
Stephanie Brick, in addition to writing portal fantasy for middle grade readers, is a licensed architect. As a passionate and respected expert in salutogenic design, an evidence-based design strategy to
Stories about creative and inventive individuals are often reserved for the triumphant. It’s not only satisfying but inspiring to see someone beat the odds and see the fulfillment of their
Hello readers of Laura’s Books and Blogs! My name is Catherine Conmy, and I’m a first-time novelist here to get you excited about my upcoming release––a dystopian fiction novel titled
When we get too impulsive, we can really mess things up. We can get too hyper and break something. We can say the wrong thing on impulse and hurt somebody’s
Jo is a post-modern reject who spent most of his time writing jokes only Norm Macdonald, Thomas Pynchon, and Rachel get. Exempli gratia: Much to his amusement, his newest book,
We all know someone who has had it rough. I’m not talking about the friend who tends to spill coffee on themselves each morning or the relative who is always
Coming up with story ideas is a struggle. It’s hard to find the right concept that is going to hold your attention along with the reader’s. However, once I have
The purpose of getting away is literally to get away from your life, and hopefully, from your worries and problems that you carry around every day. Unfortunately, those problems can
I started the 90’s barely out of my toddler years and ended it a full-blown teenager. That personally makes for a long and definitive decade. And it’s the decade that
I’ve never been a big animal lover, but I always understood the stereotypical girl obsession with horses. Horses, like girls, are a mixture of strength and grace. They’re one of
Terry Evers has lived most of his life in Oregon’s Willamette Valley and has spent the past 33 years in various roles in elementary education. His passion for spending time