by michelle | Oct 17, 2025 | Uncategorized
When Lana Rubicon’s morning begins with her unexpectedly sprawled on her kitchen floor, yogurt matted in her hair, she never could have imagined the diagnosis the doctor would give her. Fast forward seventeen weeks — she has moved in with her daughter Beth and...
by michelle | Aug 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
Thank you to Katy on Journey of Smiley for allowing me to contribute to her collaborative post “What Grievers Really Need: How to Support Others and Yourself through Grief.” I shared my grief story at the beginning of the year in her post called...
by michelle | Aug 4, 2025 | Uncategorized
Memoirs hold a special place in my heart after publishing my own in 2022.I was drawn to read Marinovich: Outside the Lines in Football, Art, and Addiction by Todd Marinovich for a variety of reasons, first of which is that I absolutely love football. I was unfamiliar...
by michelle | Jul 15, 2025 | Uncategorized
I love how memories show up for us on social media. My Facebook reminded me that four years ago today I was on a getaway with my sister during Camp NaNoRiMo working on my memoir, You are Not Alone: My Experience with Postpartum Depression. So if you have ever wondered...
by michelle | Jul 8, 2025 | Uncategorized
Attention independent bookstore shoppers! My book is now available in Libertyville’s newest and cutest shop, About Time Bookstore, in the lovely downtown area. I hope you’ll swing by and say hi to Delanie and her staff, check out the local authors table,...
by michelle | Jul 7, 2025 | Uncategorized
If you’re looking to experience the excess, glamor, and sex-obsessed times of the San Francisco singles scene, told through the eyes of a young woman, then pick up Jessica Anya Blau’s newest novel, Shopgirls. It is definitely rare for me to not have heard of a book...
by michelle | Jul 1, 2025 | Uncategorized
Is it possible for a novel to change the way you view the world around you? Author Mary Alice Monroe has been writing environmentally-focused fiction set in the Lowcountry of South Carolina for decades. Told with much heart and a touch of humor, many of her novels...
by michelle | Jun 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
Who among us hasn’t considered what our lives might have been like if we’d chosen a different path for ourselves? I love a good “what if” story, so when I heard the premise of The Other Side of Now by Paige Harbison, I knew I wanted to read it. This novel takes...
by michelle | Jun 11, 2025 | Uncategorized
Katherine Center is becoming a go-to author for me. Her newest release, The Love Haters, is an excellent example of how to write a clever rom com novel with heart and depth. Katie Vaughn has had a rough year and is on the verge of things getting even worse when she...
by michelle | Jun 10, 2025 | Uncategorized
If you’re familiar with the quote, “We’re on a mission from God,” then you might be a Blues Brothers fan. The iconic movie featuring “Saturday Night Live” stars Dan Akroyd and John Belushi hit the screen in the early 1980s and has become a classic in the decades...
