I’ll bet some of you love Westerns, both books and movies. If so, the town of San Juan Bautista in CA along the old El Camino Real is a...

Happy New Year to all of you! Here’s what’s on my reading list (the links are through Bookshop.org , so purchases benefit independent...

by Joanna Kadish Joanna Kadish writes beautifully about the brutal truths of living a thousand lives in a single lifetime in FLIRTING...

Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day! I’m here in Colorado this week to celebrate my birthday with my sisters and their husbands. What better...

I love helping other authors, so by forwarding a Roz Morris interview with artist and author Alycia Vreeland (her illustration...

Happy birthday to my oldest sister, Dee (middle)! I say “oldest,” but there’s only 3 years difference between us, with my sister, Sue...

by Jennifer Lang I love yoga, I love stories of the heart and I love hearing about the fascinating, yet complicated paths people take to...

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by Carole Bumpus This culinary travel memoir, ADVENTURES BY LAND AND SEA is a fabulous romp through the food-loving, light-filled, old...

My TV Writing Team and I recently got a chance to consult with producer Diane Nabatoff (Narc, Very Bad Things, Gray Matters, among...

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Do you have a neurodiverse family that has one or more members with a learning disability, mental illness, developmental issue or...

Buy NOW! I just planted my new garden. But year round I plant new characters and watch them grow. Writers: What characters are you...

Do you live in the San Jose, CA, area or know someone who does? Please come or pass on the info! ___ When I run FB ads, readers can...

Buy BLISS ROAD NOW! I I had a wonderful online meetup recently with those who read BLISS ROAD, my memoir about being the daughter of an...

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THE CAMERON JOURNAL PODCAST Interview with Martha Engber: Audio Video ___ “Our whole life is like the game Telephone.” That’s the line I...

Preorder BLISS ROAD now! I think for a lot of writers, when they inform their families the next book will be a memoir that assesses...

Preorder BLISS ROAD now! After I met Suzanne Maggio in February and bought her memoir, The Cardinal Club: A Daughter's Journey to...

Preorder BLISS ROAD now! When I was in college, I bought a student-priced season pass for music and dance performances hosted at the...