A handful of women attended the movie ‘The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood’ and have been calling themselves Ya-Ya’s ever since.  Several years ago I was asked to join this group of writers who critiqued and offered support and motivation to each other as we each struggled along our separate paths toward publication. Over the years, we’ve [...]

It is my pleasure to introduce another local author I met at the Author Fair last fall in Des Moines.  The Fair was a great event and I hope to see more authors there next year.  Here’s Tricia:   Where are you from? I grew up on a farm between Emmetsburg and Graettinger, Iowa. How [...]

This week I’d like to introduce Sharelle Byars Moranville.  We met at an Author Fair at the Central Library in Des Moines recently.  We spoke briefly and because she is a local author, I wanted to give her the opportunity to introduce herself to my readers.  She writes for a variety of ages and I think she has an interesting story.  [...]

to check out a Shirley Damsgaard novel because her stories are all about witches.  Halloween is one of my favorite times of year.  I think it touches the kid in me.  It brings back the one night of the year, that everyone can be someone else and its okay. Writers do this ever day but [...]

In response to a reader’s question, I came up with the idea for this post.  I do read a lot, both fiction and non-fiction.  The non-fiction books I gravitate to are usually about the writing process.  This was one of those questions I felt needed to be answered by someone who had been there.  The question [...]

I discovered Phillip DePoy when I read one of his Fever Devlin novels and loved it, The Witches Grave. I then read The Widow’s Curse and that started my quest to read the rest.  He has a great voice and his novels are filled with well-rounded quirky characters who are involved in mysteries with a [...]

Eve Savage is an author from a sister chapter of RWA in Omaha.  She is currently the chapter President and she’s a whole lot of fun.  She has offered to send a free copy of her latest book “Ice Cream, You Scream” by Kat Alexis, to one lucky winner. (It’s an erotic novella so you [...]

I would like to introduce someone who probably doesn’t need an introduction to anyone who reads romance.  I met Lori when she came to Des Moines to do her High Concept workshop.  Needless to say, it was very enlightening and entertaining.  Lori is both a talented writer as well as an accomplished speaker and if [...]