Author Toni Kief from Marysville, Washington, spent 43 years as an independent insurance investigator and is now retired. Near her 60th birthday, she was dared to write and started with short bios and Flash fiction. Her novel “Mildred in Disguise with Diamonds” from the Mildred Unchained the unexpected series received the 2019 Apple Book Award […]
In the Book Nook with … D. Ellsworth Hoag
Author D. Ellsworth Hoag from Phoenix, Arizona, is retired and has been writing off and on since his mid-fifties. His first published book was “Yuletime Yammerings” (2014). D. Ellsworth is a member of several writing groups. When he is not writing, he plays the recorder and explores musical genres. Which genres do you cover?D. Ellsworth […]
In the Book Nook with … Ronald Schulz
Author Ronald Schulz from Shoreline, Washington, is semi-retired and occasionally teaches health care requirements. After scribbling notes for years, he began compiling them into coherent memoir; after finding Tumbleweed Books in 2022, he signed to publish “Chicago Rage”, and his next book, “Home at the Edge”. Ronald is a member of Author Event Network (AEN), […]
Across the Fence: Punctuation ad Absurdum
English is my second language, as you all know by now. And some may have realized that mine is a mix of British and American vocabulary. Go figure! My teachers back in the day taught us German students British English with as much of an RP accent as possible. Most of them were good teachers. […]
In the Book Nook with … Edward L. Conley
Submitted by Susanne Bacon. Author Edward L. Conley from Seattle, Washington is a retired disaster responder now embarking on a second career as a writer. He published his first book, “Promote the Dog Sitter and Other Principles for Leading during Disasters” in 2022. As a member of the Pacific Northwest Writers Association (PNWA), Edward is […]
Lakewood Author Publishes Second Military Spouse Mystery Novel
Are you familiar with Emma Schwarz already? If not, may I introduce you to the protagonist of my latest novel series? Emma is a German journalist who works for a small daily paper in a fictional suburb of the Southern German city of Stuttgart. Though she is supposed to work on cultural and social topics […]
In the Book Nook with … Carol Heumann Snider
Author Carol Heumann Snider from Gig Harbor, Washington, is a retired educator who designed educational software for companies like Disney, Edmark, Humongous, and others. She has also been a technical project manager with Microsoft and the Director of Professional Development at The Gottman Institute in the field of couples therapy and research. She has been […]
In the Book Nook with … Andy Becker
Author Andy Becker lives in Gig Harbor, Washington, with his wife and their two dogs, Nova and Splash. The fulltime writer and “part-time, mostly retired, lawyer” published his first book, “The Spiritual Gardener: Insights from the Jewish Tradition to Help Your Garden Grow” in the spring of 2019. This title won the New York City […]
Across the Fence: A Mighty Podcast
Do you like books? And do you like listening to podcasts? Then this one might be exactly the thing for you: “Mighty Books” is a podcast on YouTube and Spotify in which Ryan Oliver interviews authors about their books. Ryan is an author himself, and I have been one of his interview partners last year. […]