debi o'neille, writing against the wind

I’ve always gone with creative flow. If I’m working on a long project, and another idea does more than softly whisper through my brain, bu...

Though I’m still tackling revisions in the last few chapters of my current novel, ideas for a sequel are pushing and shoving in my head....

  Three-year-old Janessa already knows that reading to her child is the secret ingredient for enhancing imagination, education, and ins...

I’ve never considered myself a wimp. I’m not afraid of hard work or telling off people who deserve it, no matter their size. But creepy ...

Note: a midway review is one you write when you started a book you’re so excited about that you can’t wait to discuss it, even though you ha...

With a title like that— THE DIRT DIARY —who wouldn’t read this book (published by Sourcebooks, Inc., 2014)? Anna Staniszewski, author, has d...

Below is the blog article I was working on last fall and planning to post on Sept. 3, 2014. You know what they say—the best made plans. Be...