by Mary Quattlebaum Family can be inspiring, as Shawn Stout discovered when writing her eighth novel A Tiny Piece of Sky .  In an int...

by Mary Quattlebaum Our word “January” comes from the two-faced Roman god Janus, who was positioned to look both forward and back in ti...

by Mary Quattlebaum As writers (and teachers of writing), we’re all familiar with that old adage “write what you know.”   Sometimes, thoug...