Synopsis: Kristin Rossum was an extremely intelligent, beautiful girl from an accomplished family for whom the future held literally endless possibilities. Today she is an inmate at the California Correctional…
Today it is my great pleasure to welcome author Linda Gray Sexton back to Colloquium. I urge you to read Linda’s guest post, The Business of Writing Memoir in which…
Author Darryl Nyznyk, like many folks, is dismayed by “the loss of Christmas to the chaos, anxiety, and pressure of shopping, spending, and gifts.” After all, the true spirit of…
If you think the Merriam-Webster dictionary has it all covered, think again. Author Anna Lefler provides definitions for many of the words not included in standard dictionaries in her new…
My special guest is Julie Smith, author of the how-to book, Writing Your Way: The Great American Novel Track. Julie is an accomplished author and writing educator who focuses on…
My special guest is author Whitney Stewart, a woman with a fascinating background. Give Me a Break: No-Fuss Meditation, focuses on overall — mind and body — health and tranquility.…
Synopsis: Christine W. Hartman is the daughter of German immigrants, Hans and Irmgard, both of whom were highly intelligent, pragmatic, and products of their upbringings. When her parents divorced, it…
Today my special guest is Sarah Tate, author of the autobiographical novel Web of Lies – My Life With a Narcissist. Sarah Tate was a young newcomer to Switzerland when…
Synopsis: Ava is hanging on by a thread. Nothing seems to be going right at work lately and she is concerned about keeping her job as the producer of a…
Synopsis: Chase Daniels and Tia Madisson dated in high school, but their friendship was always most important to them and remained strong throughout their college years. Now they have both…
Synopsis: Rose Gerbaldi has a loving husband, grown children, and a couple of grandchildren. Still, she experiences periods of time when, as she describes it, she shuts down and needs…
Synopsis: Three women — Holly, Andrea, and Marissa — all stand at crossroads in their lives and relationships. Holly has long been a stay-at-home wife and mother, dabbling in various…
My special guest today is first-time author C. Elizabeth! Absolute Obsession is the story of Rose Gerbaldi who, at the age of 42, becomes obsessed with a handsome, charismatic British…
Synopsis: Robert Rave was just twenty-one years old when he struck out on his own in New York City after growing up in the Midwest, the youngest of three children…
Synopsis: George and Blythe Niles were raising their four daughters — Bea, Charlotte, Lilli, and Dori — just outside the small town of White Head on the Massachusetts coast in…
My special guest is Shea Vaughn, creator of SheaNetics, a program combining strength, flexibility, core stabilization, and balance exercises in a single workout and embracing five living principles — commitment,…
Synopsis: Weeble grew up in a home that she was ashamed to bring friends to after hearing her cousins complain that it always smelled of cat urine. Her motorcycle mechanic…
I am delighted to welcome LeAnn Neil Reilly back to Colloquium. LeAnn is the author of
It is said that there’s nobody as smart as an old woman. The old woman at the center of author Ilene Beckerman’s delightful memoir, The Smartest Woman I Know, is…
Synopsis: Carlene Rivers has never been lucky. That’s what her brutally honest best friend, Becca, tells the gentleman selling raffle tickets at the Irish fair. But Carlene is undeterred, so…
Synopsis: Silvie Bates-McAllister has lived her life steeped in family history. For many years, she has served on the Board of Directors of Swithin, the private school that her grandfather…
Mary Carter, author of The Pub Across the Pond, is my special guest today! The Pub Across the Pond is the story of Carlene Rivers, who decides to purchase a…
Synopsis: Blair Van Howe and his partner, Danny Moran, were celebrating the biggest victory of their legal careers when both of their lives were forever changed. Danny had enjoyed a…
I am delighted to welcome Pamela Jane, author of the delightful Halloween-themed children’s story Little Goblins Ten. Little Goblins Ten is a charming romp through a magical forest inhabited by…