6 Books to Buddy-Read with Your Teen or Twentyish Daughter by Kelly Simmons   I have three daughters in their early twenties, and I honestly believe I’ve experienced every type of bored teenager and college student mood imaginable.  There’s nothing to do, no one’s home, there’s nothing to eat, why couldn’t we go to Europe […]

From Mary Shelley to Horace Walpole, Why Gothic Novels Have Stood the Test of Time by Laura K. Curtis Crisp fall weather calls for chill-inducing reads, and there’s nothing better for that than a good gothic novel. In more than 250 years, the gothic has never been out of style, though it’s undergone transformations and […]

Are You Going to Make Me a Character in Your Book? by Christina Dodd When people discover you’re a writer, there are a lot of reactions: Have I read you? Should I know you? And— Are you going to make me a character in your book? The answer: No. You’re not interesting enough.   I […]