Oh, the “top of the year” lists abound, so why not add one to it. So here, for your reading pleasure, the top blog posts for Stories I...

Social media has opened up the world. It is a great way to stay in touch with friends, family, or business associates separated by great...

A couple of big THANK YOUS going out today. First, to those of you who read this blog, and especially those of you who have clicked on...

The last few weeks I’ve seen a really encouraging growth of blog traffic. That’s really nice. Along with higher traffic comes more...

One of my writer friends commented to me this week: “You are so lucky to be able to write full-time.” I responded: “I’m very blessed…”...

Thanks to some fabulous Twitter folks and the Creative Writing MFA Blog, this has been a stellar week here on the Stories I Read, Stories...

This marks my 100th post to Stories I Read, Stories I tell. A nice little milestone. Thanks to those of you who stop in and check out my...

On Fridays on Twitter there is a tradition known as “Follow Friday” where Tweeters (or Tweeps) share the names of people they follow and...

The Front Porch Journal is an online literary magazine published by Texas State University in San Marcos. They publish three or four...

One of the great things about Twitter and other such social media outlets is that I get a chance to chat briefly with folks I would never...

Darlene Cah is a graduate of the Queens MFA program and an online writerly friend, and her story, The Jazz in her Soul is featured on...

I have an affinity for geographically-centered fiction. What I mean is, I think the “place” of the writer and the story he writes are...

Belinda Nicoll is a Columbus, Ohio-based (with a globe-trotting background) writer & creativity coach, and she is a lovely, kind, and...

I absolutely LOVE it when one of my writer friends has a story published, and I am so happy to be sharing one with you today. Kelly...

So, it’s Friday. (Friday. Gotta get down on Friday.) Twitter has a Follow Friday “tradition” where you list the people you follow who...