If you’re looking for the best books of 2025, here are my top five favorites! From dark academia to fantasy to commercial fiction, this past year was a true adventure. My reading goal for 2025 was 48 books, and I surpassed that, though I don’t actually know how many I read because at some point, I stopped tracking them on Goodreads. I'll share more about that later. Here are my top five reads of 2025. Technically, there are seven books on this list, but I don't think you can

Despite having been an avid reader for most of my life, it has only been recently that I've joined a formal book club.  Last year, I was talking with one of my closest friends, who is also a bibliophile, and she mentioned she would like to form a book club. So we each invited a few friends, picked a book to read, and met at a brewery on Main Street. We read a book called Big Stone Gap  by Adriana Trigiani. It's based on the real town of Big Stone Gap, Virginia, which isn't to

An author without books?  I’ve written several books. They just haven’t been published yet.  I wrote my first book when I was sixteen or...

I’m not ashamed to admit that I’m currently reading Midnight Sun  by Stephanie Meyer. It’s a retelling of the first book in the Twilight...

As a copywriter, I think about artificial intelligence daily. Many companies are already using generative AI platforms like ChatGPT to...

When was the last time you did something that scared you?  I’ll go first. Last weekend, I participated in an author festival at my local...

The Letters of Enchantment duology by Rebecca Ross has been featured quite prominently on social media, which made me hesitant to read...

I read a lot in 2024, probably more than I’ve read in the past few years combined. According to goodreads, I read 75 books—more than...

We just finished reading None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell for book club and have moved on to The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer. I chose...

A big thank-you to my work buddy Hadley for putting together a book review for this week's blog! I'm out of the office but still wanted...

Christian mystery author, speaker, and retired pastor David N. Clay is a member of my local writers group. I came to know him through his...

I didn’t know what to expect going into Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani. I knew Trigiani is a Virginia author, but the cover of the...

I met L.C. Maxie a few years ago through a mutual connection, and we've been writer friends ever since. I was on the beta reader and ARC...

My parents are coming to visit this weekend. We try to see each other at least once a month and switch between them coming to visit me...

I’ve been reading a book over the past couple of months called Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools by Tyler Staton. It’s a 10-chapter...

Whether you’re an aspiring author or just spend a lot of time writing emails, this blog post is for you. My Best Tips for Becoming a...

Last weekend, I attended a workshop at the Maier Museum of Art located on Randolph College’s beautiful campus in Lynchburg’s Rivermont...

I’ve been reading a lot lately—the BookTok, romance masquerading as fantasy kind of books. So when Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor...

I know. I know. It’s mid-February, and it’s a little too late to be sharing reflections from last year, but I finally got around to...