I know a muse is supposed to be a "she" but mine is a disagreeable, whiny "he" who has his own column on my website.

"Since I came to writing in my late forties, my muse is highly motivated! We have many books to write together."

Drop the romance about being a writer – it’s a job, one you should enjoy but ultimately one you’ll have to make sacrifices to succeed in.

Be very careful of the advice you seek. The book is full of experiences of patients who went to specialists and became even sicker.

"A lot of teen girls are stuck in the spring season of empowerment -- the season when their peers and the media are central."

A native of Chicago, Joni Parker joined the U.S. Navy during college, going on to earn a Master of Military Arts and Sciences Degree. Now retired, she devotes her time to writing. Her books include the fantasy/adventure trilogy, The Seaward Isle Saga: The Black Elf of Seaward Isle, Tangled Omens, and her latest, Blood …

I am aware that not much has been written in English about the period immediately after World War II in Germany. I hope this book will fill a little bit of that lacuna.

I can tell you (but I won’t) the day and the book I was reading when I plopped it down on my lap and said, “This is the best I can find?” I started writing that week.

"I love stories that tie faith into life’s tough questions."

"I wrote the essay for anyone who has been a victim of discrimination and especially for America’s youth."