Dancing at the Shame Prom: Sharing the Stories that Kept Us Small **Edited by Amy Ferris and Hollye Dexter *Publisher: Seal Press *Review by Margo L. Dill *Part of WOW! Women On Writing blog tour Dancing at the Shame Prom is a new, well-written, inspiring anthology from Seal Press, full of true stories from courageous [...]

I’m so happy to welcome back my writing friend Lela Davidson (Blacklisted from the PTA) with her second book with another hilarious title, Who Peed on My Yoga Mat?. Need a Christmas present for a mom who needs a good laugh–look no further because you have found it right here. I have laughed as hard [...]

It seems like lately I’ve had a lot of books and posts on my theme of “helping women (and children) around the world” instead of kids’ books. This is another great book today, part of a WOW! Women On Writing blog tour, that empowers women and inspires us to figure out what is important in [...]

Learn To Play The What-If Game (Guest post by Barbara Conelli) From Margo: I am so honored to have Barbara Conelli guest post with this wonderfully inspiring essay on turning around those annoying, negative WHAT IF questions and making them positive. Anyone can benefit from this post! She is using the book she wrote, Chique [...]

I’m writing today’s post as part of the WOW! Women on Writing’s “Everybody’s Talking About Favorite Childhood Memories” mass-blogging event celebrating the release of Finding Emma by Steena Holmes (www.steenaholmes.com). Steena is a woman who believes that “in the end, all things succumb…to the passions of your heart.” Steena’s life revolves around her family, friends, [...]

So, I was in the bathroom, just home from the Little Gym with my daughter and thinking about nap time, when I realized, OH MY GOD! I FORGOT TO DO MY BLOG! I never forget to do my blog. On Sunday and Wednesday nights, I always read a book or prepare a guest post, blog [...]

Today I’m participating in a mass blogging day! WOW! Women On Writing has gathered a group of blogging buddies to write about “Special People We Know and Love.” Why? We’re celebrating the release of Joanne Lewis’s and Amy Lewis Faircloth’s debut novel. Wicked Good (Telemachus Press, LLC, 2011) is about the unconditional love between a [...]

I am writing today’s post as part of the WOW! Women on Writing Blanket Tour for Letters from Home by Kristina McMorris. This debut novel is the story of three young women during World War II and the identity misunderstandings they and the men in their lives have. Ask yourself: Can a soldier fall in [...]

For today’s Monday post, where I like to highlight a book or organization that is spotlighting or helping girls and women around the world, I have chosen Extraordinary Girls (Charlesbridge Publishing). The photos alone are fantastic, showing girls of different ages and races, smiling and doing amazing things. It targets girls in the upper elementary/lower [...]

Before I get to the book Three Cups of Tea, I would like to reveal the winners of the books from Rubicon publishing! And the winners are (using Random.org): 1st choice of books: Clara Gillow Clark, 2nd choice of books: Irene Roth, and 3rd choice of books: Joyce Lansky. Congratulations to all these winners. Thank [...]