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Stewards of the Flame,
Sylvia Engdahl

The Dark Legacy,
K. G. McAbee

Carolina's Walking Tour,
Lesley-Anne McLeod

Column Archives

2001 - 2007
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Babe to Teen (Beverly Rowe)

2001
Beverly Rowe

2002
Beverly Rowe

2003
Beverly Rowe

2004
Jan Fields

2005
Jan Fields

2006
Beverly Rowe

Read Aloud for the Holidays

Debbie Federici and Susan Vaught & L.O.S.T

Novelist Linda Zinnen

Lisa Wheeler

Looking at the Pictures

Of Twinkies and Tortes

Exciting new books and Illumination Arts

Spring Contests

Summer Reading

Cara Lockwood

Watt Key & Dianne Ochiltree

Back to Literature (Author, Carolyn Howard-Johnson)

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

Oprah Tolls the Bell For Her Book Club
Ten Literary Works that Might Convince You to Love Literary
Russia, A Land for Lovers
A Book is a Friend; Find One With Character
Noble Prize for Literature
Carolyn Laments The State of Literary Reading, Literary Publishing, Literary Support.

Poetry and the Universe
How to Make Reading Feel Real
What We See Is Not Where We Started
Carolyn Takes the Book Biz to Task
Willing Surrender of Free Speech Rights
Late-Blooming Feminist

Second Annual "Noble Prizes for Literature
Huge Advances as Damaging for Readers and Publishers Alike
Authors and Others Can be Listed in the People’s
Encyclopedia Now
Carolyn Faces Fear to Rant Against Portions of
the Patriot Act
Skunk-Like Odor Emanating from Paid-For Reviews

Third Annual “Noble” Prize For Literature and an Apology

Carolyn Chides NBC for Incomplete Research on Publishing

Carolyn Names GI Films from Iraq Literature of the New Millennium

A Simple Good-bye to Robert Creeley

Carolyn Laments the Patriot Act's Repression of Freedom

Carolyn Howard-Johnson Wonders Why Even Experts Don't Understand Who the Real Stars Are

Carolyn Ponders Nobel Ignorance

Carolyn Offers Up her Fourth Annual “Noble” Prize
For Literature

Carolyn Offers Tribute to Author Betty Friedan

Carolyn Rags On (and Praises) the Used Book Conundrum

Carolyn Gives Readers an Inside Look at What Drives Reviewers

Carolyn Honors Dead Nobel Winner and
Shames Those Who Would Commit a Book to Death

Carolyn Disagrees with Author and Essayist Katherine Ashenburg

Before the Title (Author, Jeff Shelby)

2001
(Susan Johnson)

2002
(Nancy Marie)

2002
(Jeff Shelby)

2003
(Jeff Shelby)

2004 (Jeff Shelby)

2005(Jeff Shelby)

2006

Harry Potter
Jean Goldstrom
Cookbooks
Montel & MS
Online Research
Thanksgiving

Before the Title Survey
Why Do You Read What You Do?
Why Writers Write and Why They Write What They Do

Biographies
Nothing Personal
A Few for the Road
Gone to the Dogs
An Unhappy Anniversary
Confessions of a Former Rubik's Cube
November is My Favorite Month

"Honey! Guess what?"
And The Winner Is…
Who's on First?
Eloise Hanner
Back To School
Wayne Turmel

A Laughy New Year
The College Years
Where's the Remote?
Lissa Warren Is Your Friend
'Tis the Season

The True Edgars

Surf's Up

Behind the Fiction (Authors,Brian Hill & Dee Power)

2001-02
Brenda Weeaks

2002
Vickie Atkins

2003
Vickie Atkins
*Brian Hill & Dee Power

2004
Brian Hill & Dee Power

2005
Brian Hill & Dee Power

Lisa B.C.O'Connell

Novels in Verse

Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

Where do characters come from?

Favorite Fiction Characters

The Longest Conversation I Ever Had Was With a Book

My Mom Writes Fiction

Vacation

The Value of a Book

Christian Fiction

You've Come a Long Way Baby (SF/Fantasy)

The Night Before Christmas

Brian Haig
The In-between Season

Memorial Day

How Do I Know It's a Good Book?

*The Magical Process of Inspiration

*A Tale of Two Authors

Fact or Fiction
Why That Book?

Why Don’t More People Enjoy Reading?

Are Readers Important to Authors?

Beneath the Covers (Author, Carol Johnson )

2001
Suzie Housley

2002
Suzie Housley

2003
Suzie Housley

2004
Elaine Hopper

2005
Lynda Lukow

2005
Carol Ann Johnson

2006
Carol Ann Johnson

2007
Carol Ann Johnson

Kathryn North

Kristie Leigh Maguire

Writing Romance: How This Gardener Nurtures Love

Katie Willard

Still the Prince of Hearts

Introducing Michelle McGriff

The Genre of Romance: The Romance in Me

Introducing Glenda Wilson

Self-Publishing Made Simple for Romance

Introducing Billy G. Horton, Author

All Genre's of Romance for Everyone

Introducing Dani Camden

Tim Smith

An Interview with Joseph Frank Baraba

Between the Pages (Author, Dennis Collins)

2001-02
Susan McBride

2002
Dennis Collins

2003
Dennis Collins

2004
Dennis Collins

2005
Dennis Collins

2006
Dennis Collins

2007
Dennis Collins

Sarah Strohmeyer

Mayhem in the Midlands

Believability

Deborah Morgan

Writing What You Know

Where Do You Get Your Ideas?

How do I get Published?

Why Conferences?

Rules of the Road...

It’s all about characters

Research

Beyond the Words (Author, Lane Cohen & Steven Shrewsbury)

2001-02
Jo Rogers

2002
Jo Rogers

2003
Jo Rogers

2004
Lane Cohen

2005
Lane Cohen & Steven Shrewsbury

2006
Steven Shrewsbury

2007
Steven Shrewsbury