The Avengers are back. But I’m not talking about Iron Man, Captain America and Thor. This is the Mormon Avengers, led by the heavy hammer of Sebastian Taight and the stiletto pen of Knox Hilliard along with the rest of the tribe. Just like the previous Tales of Dunham, this one starts by shooting the [...]

Of the many things that I was bad at in English classes, my lowest point was poetry. To this day, I still do not know why some stuff is poetry and some other stuff isn’t. When I was dying in a Greek Lyric Poetry class, I liked and maybe understood a quatrain by Sappho, but [...]

Thanks to everyone who participated in the Backword Books contest.  A lot of amazing entries and great discussion ensued.  So many great entrants, we’ve added one more giveaway. We’ve gone through all the entries and the grand prize goes to… The Future of Self-Publishing from Open Salon by thinkfeel.  Please check out this post, it’s [...]

Today’s writer is both creator of a product and a marketer. I do not like to think of my books as “product” any more than I would think of my children as items for consumption. The angst, love, hope, and insight I put into books and with my kids demand another category. Something personal. That [...]