I’m tired of people saying Lynchburg is boring.  Just in the past month, I’ve enjoyed an excellent community theater production of Newsies; a concert from the Vitamin String Quartet; a fall festival with two corn mazes, a tractor ride, and a pumpkin patch; rave bingo; a hike through rolling hills and pastoral views; and an excellent meal at an authentic Peruvian restaurant. And these are just the highlights.  No matter where you live, there is joy and excitement to be found.

The vikings beat longswords on their shields and erupted into a battle cry. Like the tide pouring in, the warriors rushed from their...

My mom always says I’m a great tour guide.  Whenever she and my dad come to visit me in Central Virginia, I always have an itinerary of...

My therapist and I talk a lot about values, and there's a very important reason for this. It's not because I don't understand what they...

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

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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...

I’m in a festive mood. The leaves are changing, the weather is crisp, and I have been drinking pumpkin spice protein coffee nearly every...

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...

One of the biggest questions I get when I tell people I'm a work-from-home writer is, “What is working from home like for you?” While...

When I was a child, I used to think about things until my head hurt. What existed before time? How far does space extend? How can God...