Effective time management is a tricky thing. You want to do so many things. Or maybe you want to do just one thing, but there are so many ways to go about doing it. With several different routes available, how do you know which path to take? How do you know where to invest your…
Guidance is something we all seek daily whether we admit to it or not. When we make life-changing decisions and when we decide what to eat for breakfast, we ask for the answers in some way. Often we turn to books or the Internet, hoping to learn from someone who has gone through the exact…
Since graduating with my bachelor’s degree five years ago, I have been debating whether to enroll in a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) program in creative writing. The idea of it sounds absolutely blissful to me–honing the craft, develop my skills, making important connections with established writers and publishers, and, of course, forcing myself to…
Two If by Sea is an emotion-packed suspense novel with a touch of sci-fi that explores the depths of grief and loss. Bestselling author Jacquelyn Mitchard‘s (The Deep End of the Ocean) latest book opens in wake of a tsunami in Brisbane and follows Frank Mercy, a middle-aged man who has survived but lost his pregnant wife…
If Orphan Train has been on your to-read list since its release in 2013, consider bumping it up to your must-read-right-now list. I had been skirting around Christina Baker Kline’s bestselling novel and finally picked it up when I saw she was coming to the Des Moines Public Library’s Authors Visiting in Des Moines (AViD) series. Every…
