Where would your bucket list take you? What is the one thing you never want to remove from your “To-Do” list until it is actually done? What would you do with a little bit of time, money, and imagination? That’s the question we put to readers ahead of the August 25 book release of Karma… Read More »

UPDATE: Congratulations to the Bucket List Contest winner, Jennifer from Michigan! A note from Karma Brown, author of COME AWAY WITH ME… The summer after I turned 17 I boarded a plane for Thunder Bay, and Outward Bound — a wilderness survival school that makes regular camping look like a 5-star hotel stay. Armed with a… Read More »

“Planning to write is not writing. Outlining, researching, talking to people about what you’re doing, none of that is writing. Writing is writing.” — E.L. Doctorow Literary great E.L. Doctorow passed away this week at age 84, leaving behind an illustrious career that changed how we think about historical fiction. But the master of storytelling didn’t… Read More »

1 Even now, the smell of peppermint still makes me cry… 2 We drive the dark streets a little too fast for the weather. Beside me, Gabe crunches a candy cane and drums his thumbs against the steering wheel, singing along to his favorite holiday tune on the radio. He reaches for the second half… Read More »