Tough Times is one of five YA books to make the finalist list for Kindle Book Awards 2023. A very happy day :). Click on the cover to...

For the second year, I’ve been a judge for an independent book association’s award. They’ve asked their name not be mentioned until the...

What a learning curve! Straight uphill. Sheri McGuinn's new Facebook page is S McGuinn - Author. I made this for professional use, but...

Does your city have abandoned schools or similar public buildings? The one pictured above is on sale. I was a kid when I first thought of...

I spent the first three months of this year searching urgently for my own place - my son decided to sell while the market's hot, which...

The end of 2018, I sold my home and moved in with my son in Needles, CA. The plan was to help him with his fixer for a year or so while I...

I started blogging when I was an exchange student in Peru (2012 - I was the same age as my "mama" but everyone got used to me and it was...

It's good to step outside your comfort zone for reading. As an indie author, build connections whenever, wherever you can.

I definitely recommend reading Kristin Hannah's books - all of them - and if you already know you like hers, try mine.

Solid writing. A tale of evil.

The author did a nice job with the Hawaiian culture of the time period, connecting description with the story requirements, and I enjoyed th

Thoroughly enjoyable read with many light moments, while drawing the reader into the world of someone with agoraphobia.

Sharing a piece of news that was really uplifting on multiple fronts.

Page's characters are realistic women facing universal situations.

As authors, we need to know all about our characters, but the reader only needs to know the parts that pertain to the story.

AAR is the Association of Authors' Representatives ... a professional organization of agents holding themselves to a standard of conduct.

Being called a Goody Two Shoes was a slur when I was a kid - I never knew it originated in a children's story. Sometimes I love the internet

However, that feeling of disconnection while longing for connection was shared with the characters. Well worth reading.

"The early evening arrived sullen and moist, ushering in the period of the day when time slows down, and the earth relaxes."

A real page-turner with multiple twists and a great ending - happily ever after or chilling?

Read this book when you have time to put everything else aside.

Definitely a good read.

While at times the pace was a bit slow for my taste, the intricate pattern created by telling the story this way was impressive.

Delicious description of growing up in the 1950's.