authors… Happy Valley Mayhem with Author Leslie Noyes and A $0.99 Special!! 5 Mar 20265 Mar 2026 In 2024, at the Erma Bombeck Writers Workshop in Dayton, Ohio, I met Leslie Noyes, a terrific writer and person who is also really funny. It comes naturally to Leslie.…
authors… The Disappearing Bloodline By Avis Adams releases Today 23 Feb 202622 Feb 2026 This East Coast author from North Carolina first met West Coast author Avis Adams in Tuscany. But we had an instant connection and immediately talked craft, family, travel secrets, and…
Uncategorized directly from a reader 17 Dec 202517 Dec 2025 Samuel Johnson said, "A writer only begins a book. A reader finishes it." We cannot know the experiences and perceptions our readers bring to the understanding of our novels. Patricia…
Uncategorized Happy national poetry month! 7 Apr 202517 Dec 2025 I received the image above from a friend who is also a brilliant poet. Jane Seskin is likely a familiar name here at Renee Johnson Writes. Her works have been…
Uncategorized light and shadow 16 Dec 2024 The unusually dark classroom exuded mystery. A slide projector perched on a rolling cart in the center of our desks, aimed at the screen pulled down from its rolling apparatus…
France… NOTRE DAME DE PARIS REOPENS 6 Dec 2024 On April 15, 2019, a fire ravaged Notre Dame de Paris. I'll never forget the sight of flames shooting from the roof and the collapse of the great spire. Saddened…
Christmas… The perfect Christmas read 3 Dec 20243 Dec 2024 The Wild Rose Press delves into the inspiration behind the Christmas novel, Herald Angels. Excerpted from the publisher's blog: "On the surface, Herald Angels is a romance that has rural…
authors… JANE SESKIN’S NEW POETRY COLLECTION 21 Aug 202413 Aug 2024 Jane Seskin Introduces a New Poetry Collection Jane and I met as writers-in-residence at Noepe Center for Literary Arts in Edgartown, Massachusetts, in October 2014, which spurred the first interview…
book club to ride a wylder horse book club questions 22 Apr 202422 Apr 2024 Several people, especially those with young adult readers, have asked me to furnish a list of discussion questions. After much thought, I have decided on the following 25 questions. Feel…
authors… erma bombeck writers’ workshop 13 Apr 2024 "The Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop is structured like an Erma Bombeck column—short, tight, and impressionable." --Renee Johnson, 2024 Attendee and Author I learned about the Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop from…
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