Book Review 2022! Welcome to The Nest and Lisa’s Library. A few years ago, Writing in the Fast Lane’s Monthly Book Reviews took what was supposed to be a short…
Okay, so this isn't a book review per se. But it does involve a book I want to review in the near future. Why am I talking about it now?…
It isn't often I review a poetry book, but this one feels more like holding a piece of history in your hands. At that same bookstore, where we waxed poetic…
Nursery rhymes to begins story lines? Walk down memory lane for some great writing prompts and story ideas.
My husband is a musician. When we were first dating, I asked him what he does for fun, when he’s not working on his music. I explained that I listen…
It was the summer of 1984, not long after my eleventh birthday, and my first trip across the Atlantic would shape my world in ways I never thought possible. We'd…
Last week, in the mail, I received a box. It was a birthday gift from my Dad and what I found inside was priceless. The first on-board to help me…
When I say I started writing young, I mean it. See picture above. My first ever story, I now know, is called micro-fiction, was written at age seven. But, my…
If you've been following this blog for the last few months, you know I began writing my life story. Well, my life story so far, anyway. It seems simple enough,…
In the cupboard-sized alcove of an independent bookstore in Vermont, the red spine of this book caught my eye. Then, I saw the title, and almost of its own accord,…
