JOANNA ELM, Author, Journalist, Attorney
The Pleasures and Perils Of A Writing Life
Bestselling author, Hank Phillippi Ryan is the perfect example of why authors should go on book tours. Last week, Hank came to steamy Delray Beach, Florida to talk about her latest bestseller, The Murder List. Continue reading “Hank Phillippi Ryan & The Murder List In Delray Beach: A Review”
I was dreading returning to a condo that’s been under renovation for the last five months. For one, my room/office was not renovated.
So, you guessed it: Every single moveable item from the other rooms was crammed into my tiny writing space.
My workspace is still cluttered after days of sorting, cleaning and repositioning stuff. I initially thought about posting a photo of the clutter, but I just couldn’t bring myself to do it. Not a good environment for writing at all!
Continue reading “4 Great Home Design Innovations For Writers (And Others)”
There’s something spooky about old, abandoned cemeteries — which makes them perfect subjects of conversation around this time of year at Halloween. I wasn’t intentionally looking for one (either an old, abandoned cemetery, or a subject of conversation) a couple of weeks ago when I stumbled upon some new activity going on in the one pictured above. Continue reading “What Do You Do With Old, Abandoned Cemeteries?”
I’m always aware of that old saying about idle minds becoming the devil’s playthings. So naturally, once I sent my revised manuscript out of the house and on its way into my agent’s inbox, I looked around for something worthwhile to do. Continue reading “My Evening With Vogue Editor, Anna Wintour: A Review”
If you’re a journalist or reporter — or even if you used to be — it won’t have escaped your notice that you were the subject of another foot-stamping tantrum by the current occupant of the White House. This time he did it in front of all the countries of the world as he addressed the United Nations General Assembly in New York
Yes. Trump told the world this week : “These animals in the press. They’re animals actually. Some of the worst human beings you’ll ever meet […] “They’re scum. Many of them are scum.”
So, it’s a shame that he has the attention span of a gnat because he’ll never get to read She Said, an eye-opening account by two New York Times Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporters of how they broke the story which brought the most powerful producer in Hollywood to his (metaphorical) knees. Continue reading “She Said: Book Tells How Hollywood Mogul Was Brought To His Knees”