Words – little black symbols that magically fuse in your brain to form thoughts – morph into ideas and convictions that can rock your world. Yep, the words we read are indeed powerful. They can help busy moms: Maintain sanity Keep their cool Gain perspective Stay out of jail Try on other skins when their…
Author Archives: Guest Contributor
On Reading: Why I Wrote “The Beautiful Wife”
Guest contributor Sandy Ralya is the founder of Beautiful Womanhood and the author of The Beautiful Wife: Focused on Christ, Fulfilled in Marriage (look for a giveaway right here this Wednesday 2/22) Mentoring transformed my life and then my marriage! When my marriage was in trouble, I walked into church each Sunday morning desperate for…
Take Me There
Take Me There by Susane Colasanti is the quintessential high school drama. Through alternating points of view the reader meets Rhiannan and her best friends James and Nicole. Typical of any teenager, Rhiannan has just experienced her first heartbreak and is struggling to get back on her feet. With a little support from her friends…
On Reading: Plot vs. Prose
At a recent book club meeting, the president made a rather fascinating (to me) comment. To paraphrase her because I have a poor memory, she basically said that she thinks there are two different types of readers – in general. The ones who read for prose first and foremost – i.e. pretty words, clever ways…
The Whole Package: Books on Screen (Coming Soon?)
5 Minutes for Books, thank you so much for inviting me to guest blog! I am so excited about the release of The Whole Package (linked to Jennifer’s review), my debut novel. I’m delighted to reveal some Big Secrets about it that your readers probably don’t know. Big Secret #1 I was a closet screenwriter…
Desert Crossing
Jamie couldn’t stop in time. There was no way to miss the coyote running across the road. It was a coyote wasn’t it? It was Lucy’s idea to stop and make sure. What they found on the side of the road put an unexpected kink in their road trip. Traveling to Phoenix to visit her…
The Help: Books on Screen (with giveaway)
Editor’s Note: We usually run our Books on Screen column on Thursdays, but this highly anticipated movie opens Wednesday August 10, and since 5 Minutes for Mom contributor Christie was able to attend an advance screening of the Help when she was on her Winnie-the-Pooh and Cars 2 junket, I wanted to share her review…
On Reading: How a Novel Brought Closure to my Relationship with my Mother
The first time I wrote about my mother was while I was pregnant with our eldest child. I wrote a one-act play about our relationship and entered it into a local contest, winning a staged reading. I remember sitting in the audience with my husband, waiting for the play to begin and not knowing what…
The Orchard
From backyard picnics to book clubs, stay-at-home multi-tasking moms and working women alike admit to sharing my confession — I read fiction to escape. The Orchard by Jeffrey Stepakoff, offers just that, a soothing, sensory stay-cation of the best kind. I am convinced this book was meant to be enjoyed from some summer destination —…
A Writer’s/Screenwriter’s Point-of-View of Books on Screen
Today we are pleased to welcome guest contributor Connie Corcoran Wilson, author of It Came from the 70s (linked to Elizabeth’s review and luggage-tag giveaway) and many more. I once attended a lecture at the Chicago Public Library that involved Salman Rushdie and Jonathan Lethem talking about their books and what should, would or could…
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