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Next year I’ll know exactly what to get my dad for Father’s Day because he’ll actually have room in his garage! What exactly do you get for the dad who has everything or, to be exact, duplicates of everything? Since my dad and I couldn’t be together for...

Communications professional and lifelong booklover Tracy Nesdoly on what made her put down paper and see the lighter side of eBooks.

There's a new species of murder mystery being written, where bad guys kill precious ecosystems and are brought to justice by planet-loving protagonists.

Photo credit: John E. Sokolowski In a way, professional sports as a living is like endless childhood. Scrape off the mega-million-dollar contracts, the sweaty intensity of elite competition, the pressure of pleasing or displeasing a fan base, and it still comes down to the games people play. So...

My little sister, and frequent travel partner, called me after I had consumed just the right amount of wine to ask if I’d go with her to Coachella. After some back and forth, we decided to go on a bigger adventure: drive down the coast of California...

"Follow The Reader" is our new series featuring unconventional leaders and trailblazers. This month: business mogul Barb Stegemann. Credit: Nicole Lapierre “You have no right to keep your gifts to yourself.” Barb Stegemann, best-selling author and business mogul, casually blew my mind when she looked me in...

For nearly thirty years I was a newspaper reporter, covering some of the worst crimes and disasters in recent California history. The stories almost always ended badly and a daily dose of writing about violence, death, terror, and tragedy took its toll. Then there was the issue...

“Happy Mother’s Day” is a loaded phrase. After having kids, I started looking at authors’ representations of mothers through a more critical lens.

The royal wedding of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry is right around the corner, and it’s all the media can talk about, dissecting every single angle down to the bone. I once had a major crush on the prince when I was a teenager, but I’m over...

If patience is a virtue, then moms must be the most virtuous people on the planet. We are rewarded somewhat for our patience on Mother’s Day, when our children are (supposedly) thanking us for everything we’ve done during the previous year with a bit of burnt toast, lukewarm...