The Firebird, book review
“I’m…doing the thing I love best…telling stories.” ~ Susanna Kearsley I was delighted when the She Reads July Book Club pick, The Firebird by Susanna Kearsley, arrived in my mailbox. By its heft and the beauty […]
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Q&A with writer Jenny Miller
Last month I introduced Jenny Miller, a.k.a. Rainy Day Gal, a fairly new voice in the story world with a recently released YA novel, Asylum. Jenny is, like me, a stay-at-home Seattle mom, whose charming […]
Read PostNever Say Never, book review
Following a successful career in corporate America, Victoria Christopher Murray answered the call to write in 1997, and has been doing so ever since. With multiple bestselling novels to her name, she’s received numerous awards, […]
Read PostQ&A with author Heather Kopp
It delights me to feature Heather Kopp, a writer and editor I have long admired, on Story Matters. I count it as a privilege to have contributed to one of Heather’s non-fiction book projects many […]
Read PostSober Mercies, book review
So here’s my little confession. Though I had a thick pile of books to review on my nightstand, I let this one jump the queue as soon as it arrived. I simply could not wait […]
Read PostAfloat, book review
I became an Erin Healy fan when I read her novel, The Baker’s Wife, a few months ago. This editor-turned-novelist knows fiction from the inside out. She spent many years as an award-winning fiction editor […]
Read PostCatch a Falling Star, book review
Catch a Falling Star is the sophomore novel of Beth K. Vogt, the renowned non-fiction author and editor who said she’d never write fiction. She’s the wife of an Air Force family physician, though she […]
Read PostMichele Phoenix, featured storyteller
Monday’s post featured In Broken Places, the latest release from the multi-faceted novelist Michele Phoenix. Today, she gives us a glimpse into who she is and what she writes. Michele, welcome. For people who may not […]
Read PostChasing Francis, book review
To introduce readers to St. Francis of Assisi, Ian Morgan Cron–author, speaker, Episcopal priest, and psychotherapist–wrote Chasing Francis: A Pilgrim’s Tale. He’s also written a spiritual memoir: Jesus, My Father, the CIA, and Me: A Memoir…Of Sorts. […]
Read PostThe Cat That God Sent, book review
For all of you cat lovers out there comes The Cat That God Sent by Jim Kraus, author of The Dog That Talked to God, reviewed earlier on this blog. Kraus has spent twenty years […]
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