Fake Cockroaches and Summer Camp

Ann H GabhartAnn's Posts, One Writer's Journal 9 Comments

I sent out a newsletter last week with a question asking readers to share a best summer memory. It’s been fun reading about what has made summers special for you all. Some have loved a certain summer because that’s when they met their husband to be. Others have loved summers because that’s when they gave birth to one of their …

Bookstores Equal Good Times

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“I love walking into a bookstore. It’s like all my friends are sitting on shelves, waving their pages at me.” ― Tahereh Mafi Do you like spending time in a bookstore? I do. Sometimes I go knowing the book I want to find and carry home with me. Other times, I don’t have a specific book in mind. I want …

A Writer Sees Stars

Ann H GabhartAnn's Posts, One Writer's Journal

As writers go, I have a skin of average thickness. I am pleased by a good review, disappointed by a bad. None of it penetrates far enough to influence the thing I write next. (Rachel Cusk) Book reviews have been around as long as writers have been writing books. I’m guessing that even before books were printed, storytellers around the fire …