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Interviews
Resources
The Gentle Grace of Journaling
I was first introduced to journaling when I was sixteen. I took a local community Journal Keeping class at Roanoke College. In that class I learned how to journal and the benefits. Sometimes our thoughts and desires all come together like one big roar of thunder. Writing it all down, helps us to sort. It helps us to see what is really important.
The World of Self - Publishing
The world is changing so fast. Back in the day when I signed up for my first class in Fiction Technique, the goal was to get your work published through a traditional publisher by sending in query letters or even a draft with a cover letter. Now the trend is leaning towards self-publishing. What once was called vanity press is now becoming the way to go.
Travel
Stella's Grocery
Within walking distance from the Linden Row Inn, where we stayed, is Stella's Grocery. It is a small grocery that carries local foods and has an espresso bar. Stella's Groceries began with the award-winning Greek restaurant.
Murrells Inlet, SC
When I was a child and we would go to Myrtle Beach with my grandparents, Murrells Inlet was where we would go to eat out. It has changed alot since COVID but it is still a great option to stay in a quieter area next to Myrtle Beach. We stayed at an Airbnb called Shug's Shack. Shug was super friendly and it is a cute little first floor apartment. She also owns her own jewelry shop. The apartment was within walking distance to some restaurants.
Seabird - Wilmington
It was our tenth anniversary and we took a trip to Wilmington. One morning we found the Seabird when we went walking around looking for a place to eat breakfast and they were open for brunch. It definitely became our favorite restaurant from this trip. The decor was fantastic and so was the service and food. You can read more about Chef Dean Neff, the owner, and the opening of the restaurant by just Googling. There are plenty of interviews online. The attention to detail was
Perly's Delicatessen Restaurant
Perly's original owners were Harry and Mary Perlstein. Mary met and married Harry in England during World War II. She moved to America in 1945. They opened Perly's in 1961 in Richmond.
Perly's is now called Perly's Delicatessen Restaurant under new ownership. The menu continues with the traditional Jewish foods but with a modern flare.
The Friendliest Town on the East Coast
Back when I first lived in Tallahassee, my job allowed me to travel the state of Florida and visit resorts. I would plan conferences for the association and arrange travel plans. I especially loved visiting the location ahead of time and choosing the restaurants and activities for the university student government members and state legislature. I suggest you always do the research before you travel. Then hopefully you will hit some of the best spots with great reviews on your
ARRIVE Wilmington - hotel
The ARRIVE hotel in Wilmington starts with a story about an elephant named Topsy who escaped from the Hagenbeck-Wallace circus in 1922.
Guest Posts
What I Learned Being Paid to Eat
Want a good writerly side job?
You’re going to eat anyway. You’re going to write anyway. Get paid to do both!
In the early 1990s, my wife showed me an advertisement in the largest newspaper in Maine. The newspaper was searching for a new anonymous restaurant critic, the old one having lasted just a short time. About five years later, having published 258 restaurant reviews and eaten 790 professional meals, I could understand why the previous critic dropped out.
I
Dikkon Eberhart
People You Meet Along the Trail
I enjoy talking to hikers along the trail. Most hikers whether day, section, or thru-hikers want to get to the end of the hiking day without delay. I, on the other hand, like to stop and talk to other hikers along the trail. I also like to take side trails to waterfalls, old cemeteries, overlooks, copper mines, or caves. I know that I may not take that hike again in my lifetime so I want to enjoy it when I can.
John Baranowski
What I Gained
I didn’t know why I wrote the novel Paradise until I had gained what I did gain on its last day of writing. Then I knew.
My long nautical experience on the Gulf of Maine and my excitement to intertwine seafaring exploration with the questing of the human spirit was my theme.
But what I gained? Wait and see.
To me, what I gained was both astounding and laudable.
Dikkon Eberhart
A Paranormal Adventure
When I wrote my latest novel, A Haunting on Dunbar Lane, I was enjoying life on the sunny coast of Florida, where we feast on grilled grouper and margaritas under the lazy palms. This is in sharp contrast with the setting of my novel which is on the chilly coast of northern California, not far from the Oregon border. There, Dungeness crab is the popular catch often served in a ciopinno—a tomato based stew served with tangy sourdough bread and a craft beer or local pinot, as o
M.E. Roche
Loving Virginia
My husband Joe and I have lived in Virginia for more than thirty-four years. We were both born and raised in Iowa, but after our wedding and two months of army basic training for Joe, we found ourselves in a modest townhouse apartment in Hampton, Virginia. (Quite the exotic location for a couple of kids from Iowa—it smelled so different!) After a few months of Advanced Individual Training at the Army-Navy School of Music in Little Creek (on the northern edg
Sally Jameson Bond
Iceland: Ready, Set, Go!
After two years of going nowhere fast, due to COVID-19, my husband and I booked international flights and worked with a tour consultant through a company called Nordic Visitor. Last summer, I watched with utter fascination the eruption of a small volcano in Iceland, named Fagradalsfjall. Since then, Iceland topped my bucket list locations, and I was anticipating our upcoming trip with excitement and the type of thrill that young children experience right before traipsing down
Brook Allen
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