Every person has experiences that no one else has. Even if other people have gone through the same things, their viewpoint of it will differ. These articles are meant to entertain and to be used as references in your writing.
I first arrived in Japan in the spring of ’84 to take up a job I had got while completing my doctorate on 18th century English literature at Edinburgh University. I had been hired as a “Guest Professor of English” by a new university located in a fishing village in northern Shikoku. Shikoku is one of Japan’s four main islands, but it is also the smallest, the most rural and, at that time – before the construction of bridges linking it to Honshu and Kyushu – the most remote.
I was between jobs, between schools, between lives when I walked into the small dojo in Grant’s Pass, Oregon, in 1978.
Like Catalina in my novel 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟’𝑠 𝐹𝑖𝑛𝑒, I love the ocean! Although until I learned to scuba dive, I was somewhat afraid of its mysterious depths and what could be lurking below the water’s surface.
The residents of Barrow, Alaska, don’t see the sun for the 67 days of polar night, but during the summer months, the midnight sun gives them 80 days of continuous sunlight. What is it like to live in this city at the top of the world?
The old queen doesn’t believe the soaking wet ragamuffin who has appeared at her door is a princess, but she knows how to find out.
Amanda Jayne’s hunger for traveling has filled her life with death-defying adventure. From riding on the edges of cliffs in rickety buses to having a tummy bug in the unbearable cold while climbing a mountain to falling out of a boat for the rapids to throw her any which way they pleased to being stricken…
What did the author do when she was charged by a wild boar? Has she ever taken a cat on an adventure with her? If she could change what happened on any of the trips she’s taken, would she? 1) The adventures you write about in the book are far more than most people have…
The eerie feel of autumn swoops in on the wings of birds and insects as they fly south for the winter on nature’s highways. Seasonal decorations grace the shelves of stores all around America, and the excited chatter of children turn from the latest toys to this year’s costumes. When the leaves fall and the…
Teddy Rose is the owner of Virtual Author Book Tours. When and how did she decide to offer authors the opportunity to have a virtual book tour? What are her requirements for accepting a book? How many packages are offered? What is her favorite part of the job? Has she ever had any trouble with…
When I was a kid, I met an angel. For the moment at least, try not to think of it as sappy. People always think of angels as beatific, and over time that imagery rendered them a bit ridiculous: cherubic little guys with pigeon flappers that belong in a barbecue joint. From that perspective, angels…
