This week I’ve been diving into the world of writing novels, thanks to Stefani Milan’s excellent non-fiction guide to writing your first book. Oh, the Stories You Will Write: A Motivational Guide to Empower Aspiring Authors is an updated and expanded version of the original...

Overcoming Writer's Block: The Writer's Guide to Beating the Blank Page by Marcy Pusey reminds us that being a writer is a calling, a passion, and something we writers feel compelled to do. Unfortunately, that’s not always an easy task. We may have an idea...

Most institutions with a large labor force in the same environment clash at some point because of their differences. This, therefore, creates toxicity that interferes with the proper functioning of the institution. Oops, My Team is Toxic by Amy Newfield is one of the best...

Becoming a good leader is an art, and you have to practice to achieve your goal. If more specifically, you want to become a people leader, you need to know a few essential elements. Learning how to learn, finding out if you have a growth...

Lauren Bingham approaches her topic frankly, explaining that a writer has to make tough choices because writing fiction is a task that requires planning, preparation, and a lot of work. The author's function isn't limited to imagining plots or scenarios or writing a certain quota...

In Oops, I Became a Manager: Managing the Veterinary Hospital Team while Finding Unicorns, Amy Newfield provides a comprehensive guide to mastering leadership and management in the veterinary industry. Amy picks several engaging and humorous stories from her experiences while working with different veterinary teams...

Colonel Ralph Parr was a highly decorated combat pilot in the United States Air Force. His career spanned three conflicts, from World War II flying the piston engine P-38 Lightning, through the early days of the jet era during the Korean War, to Vietnam in...

Order Up! The Ins and Outs of Getting Your Food Truck Business on the Road by Diann Seibert is an engaging book that gives good tips on how to start a fully operational food truck business. There are around 25,000 food trucks operating in the...

One With Nature: A Day in the Life of a Lobster Fisher is a nonfiction photographic journal written by Christopher M. Meuse with photographs by CMDM. In 2014, the author spent a day with his son, Captain Anthony Meuse, and his crew on a lobster...

As the title suggests, On The Sauce: A Cautionary Tale of Being Burned by the Pizza Industry by Liz Van Pay is a tale of how you can become entangled in workplace bullying. When Liz walked into the office for the first time, she thought...