by Cynthia Newberry Martin Every once in a while an author perfectly captures the reality of marriage at a specific, precipitous time in...

I’m currently writing my third book in the Mary Donahue series and it takes place in California, and specifically, Los Angeles, an iconic...

While at AWP2025 recently, a woman told me about The Story Graph and said it’s like Goodreads , the book reader/reviewer site owned by...

During the process of writing BLISS ROAD , a memoir about my undiagnosed autistic dad, I went on a mountain biking trip about two hours...

Buy NOW! While writing our pilot for THE RECORD SHOP (coming 2026, Knight Studios ), a sci-fi thriller, my writing team and I were...

AWP 2025 I’m really looking forward to seeing my fellow Vine Leaves Press authors and other friends at this year’s Association of...

Buy NOW! When taking part in the American Historical Novel Facebook page holiday giveaway some months ago, I asked readers who their...

by Byddi Lee Available for preorder NOW ! Irish author Byddi Lee's BARREN ( US link , UK link ) is a wonderful mix between Jean M....

TV show When we were developing our TV show, THE RECORD SHOP , recently bought by Knight Studios , I held SEVERANCE as the standard of...

Contact EJ “If a TV show gets produced, it’s a miracle.” When EJ DeBrun said those words while speaking on a panel at the San Francisco...

Buy NOW! Growing up in Chicago , I was used to the city dumping gallons of green dye in the Chicago River to celebrate St. Pat’s Day,...

"The White Lotus" season 3 I’m a huge fan of screenwriter, director, creator Mike White for what he’s accomplished with THE WHITE LOTUS ...

Image from sizzle reel for THE RECORD SHOP (coming 2026) If you’re an aspiring screenwriter, or know someone who is, pass along this...

Coming 2026! Some months ago I told you my inconsistency in producing a newsletter was due to the hard work my writing team and I were...

I just started the developmental edit of SCATTERED LIGHT (published by Vine Leaves Press Nov. 2025), the Mary Donahue sequel to WINTER...

There was nothing quite like walking into a Books Inc. bookstore years ago to see my very first book, GROWING GREAT CHARACTERS ,, on the...

by Jodi Daynard I love books about midwives , because they play such a key and dramatic role in women’s lives. Jodi Daynard’s THE...

You gotta love your sisters! Or at least I do mine. They and their book club have chosen my book, THE FALCON, THE WOLF AND THE...

1978 was my freshman year at Lyons Township High School in La Grange, IL. I’ll admit I was pretty straight-laced, so I would have...

If you love to read books about experiences you’ve never had in places you’ve never been, and you know someone who writes, or would like...