Going through life with an apron tied on and a pen in her hand, Dana Staves writes about books and food. She also writes a little fiction. She lives in Maryland with her wife, their son, and their cat.
Most writers have beloved books that made us the writers we are today. They were first teachers, the stories that made ...
There’s always a bit of a lull between finishing one book and beginning the next. It may be brief, but ...
My college hosted a reading series, as so many colleges do. Once a month, an author came to speak to ...
We talk about author crushes, character crushes (I know there’s a whole percentage of the population who would marry Mr. ...
I didn’t expect to find much to relate to in Elizabeth Graver’s novel, The End of the Point. I picked it ...
I’m constantly trying to make readers out of non-readers. I’m the Mormon knocking at your door. Hello. Can I just ...
You guys. YOU GUYS. This is occasion for unbridled giddiness over three books that are coming out this fall – three ...
I’m still relatively new to the e-reader world. Like Peter wrote in his post not too long ago, the propensity ...
Facebook. Perhaps a writer’s worst enemy. The procrastination. The temptation. The incessant feed of information. But need it all be ...
Pencils are being sharpened and backpacks being packed: it’s back to school time. And frankly, that makes me a bit ...