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…
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…
Uncategorized What Makes You Return to a Bookstore? 6 May 201824 Jan 2019 A few years ago my son played baseball at Western Carolina University. If you're not familiar with that university, it is located in the picturesque mountain town of Cullowhee, North…
Uncategorized Simply Serendipity and Me! 17 Dec 201417 Dec 2014 I have been invited by Julie Baird and her daughter Tori, owners and operators of Simply Serendipity at 304 Tenth Street in downtown North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, to give a…