Why Stories Work
“Why do I have to rewrite my script just because it has no structure? After all, it is only a story. Can’t I do what I want?” If a student told you that, how would you challenge them? Somdev Chatterjee has faced this question in...
“Why do I have to rewrite my script just because it has no structure? After all, it is only a story. Can’t I do what I want?” If a student told you that, how would you challenge them? Somdev Chatterjee has faced this question in...
Avoiding Muddy Foxholes by Jim Loveless is an inspiring, against-all-odds story about a bombardier who escaped death narrowly in different situations while fighting for the US in World War II. Dick, Jim's father, was in the early stages of his relationship with beautiful Mary when...
An Island Long Ago by Julie Burnette Feingold is a heart-wrenching story that spans many decades and multiple generations, following the lineage of one family. Each person in the family goes through experiences that shape their being, from an ambitious man to a cold-hearted mother...
Hack Your Flights: Complete Guide to Everything Air Travel by P.A. Brown provides a comprehensive overview of air travel, addressing a massive range of topics like luggage regulations, passenger rights, and travel strategies. It discusses the importance of staying informed to enhance the flying experience...
Elizabeth Wyler is called into a hospital room to coax the sole survivor of a mysterious fire into giving her details of the accident. She refuses to believe the unusual story he tells about moving fires and singing people but when she meets Oliver Raine...
Caitlin Buhr's A Sister Ago is a compelling and poignant read. The older sister, Christine, was compassionate and made an effort to watch out for her younger sister. In addition to being obstinate and careless, Rachel also battled drug addiction. Everything appeared to be going...
Women of the Wind tells a fascinating and heartbreaking true story of neglect, abandonment, abuse, and abduction. Angela Gail Griffin shares her mother's family's childhood memories and tales that she passed down to her. The recollections span three generations of women intertwined with 19th- and...
Lost Family by Katherine Williams is a wonderful down-to-earth story about a time in history that most people would like to forget, especially when innocent people have lost their lives because of jealousy, greed, and envy. This fast-moving story starts just before Covid-19 in 2020...
The Surreal Adventures of Anthony Zen by Cameron A. Straughan chronicles the whimsical and bizarre escapades of Anthony Zen, whose daily life is marked by bizarre visions and capricious encounters, from peculiar dreams like attending a belated costume party in a banana suit to maneuvering...
The Sum of All Our Anger by William R. Douglas plunges readers into the throes of a politically charged future America, where the nation teeters on the brink of another civil war. Set in 2061, this thriller imagines a country divided between the Old Way...
Watching Sarah Rise by Jennifer Celeste Briggs is a heartfelt and inspiring memoir that chronicles her journey as the mother of a daughter with autism, and the transformative power of love, patience, and the Son-Rise Program®. The book begins with Sarah's early struggles—delays in developmental...
Marianne: A Sense and Sensibility Sequel by Jane Austen scholar Alice McVeigh continues her long-running exploration of Austen’s world with a fifth entry in her series. The novel picks up with Marianne Dashwood, now widowed and not yet twenty-one, navigating the glittering but treacherous landscape...
Son of Empire is the second book in the Dodecahedral Space Empire series by S. A. Melia. Set within a twelve-planet dominion, the novel follows Prince Teodor, the Emperor’s only heir, who has been kidnapped by mysterious cyborgs. With his life hanging in the balance,...
Soldier of Empire by S. A. Melia is a mesmerizing YA science fiction novel that will appeal to fans of epic fantasy. The story follows King Teodor of Earth as he struggles to maintain his claim to power in the midst of political intrigue, alien...
Captain of Empire is the fourth book in the Dodecahedral Space Empire series by S. A. Melia. King Teodor, stripped of his crown and trapped on the alien world of Sas Darona, must survive among the mysterious Spider Riders, a people whose motives and loyalties...