Spending Time in Hidden Springs

Ann H GabhartAnn's Posts, One Writer's Journal 16 Comments

I’ve written a lot of books and seen many of them published and sent out into the world of readers. Each new story has a way of sort of pushing the last story a little to the side and the story ten books ago toward the second shelf of memory. I did a Zoom meeting with a fun book club …

Want to Listen to an Audio Book?

Ann H GabhartAnn's Posts, One Writer's Journal 27 Comments

Did you know that before radios and television people did a lot more porch sitting and storytelling? On top of that, people actually read aloud to one another as an entertainment. I can imagine sisters or friends sitting together to do needlework or some other task while one had the pleasure of reading aloud to them to make the task …

Q & A Time – “Do You Get to Pick Your Book Covers?”

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I used to want covers that represented the book’s contents very closely and were also pretty. Many folks automatically believe that this is what makes a good cover. But I’ve changed my mind about this. While the cover should not lie (by implication or outright), its job is simply to say: ‘Pick me up!’ to someone who might like the …