WOMEN & GIRLS: EDNA REGINA LEWIS
History, Inspiration, Women & Girls
|Apr 02, 2026
Have you ever thought about Southern cooking? About why it’s such a popular theme for restaurants? Part of its...
WOMEN & GIRLS: EMELINE ROBERTS JONES
Feb 02, 2026
EMELINE ROBERTS JONES was the first female practicing dentist in the United States, an accomplishment that has inspired women for...
WOMEN & GIRLS: BETTE NESMITH GRAHAM
Inspiration, inventions, Women & Girls
|Jan 02, 2026
Can you imagine a time when the only way to correct a mistake when “typing” was to redo the...
WOMEN & GIRLS: CECILIA GARCIA
Nov 02, 2025
My name is Cecilia Garcia. I’m a wife, mother, combat veteran, and Purple Heart recipient. I also write the fictional...
Women & Girls: Mae Jemison
Sep 02, 2024
“Hailing frequencies open.” As an African American female growing up in the 1960s, MAE JEMISON noticed the lack of...
Q: Why is it important for writers to be avid readers?
Mar 02, 2024
Q: Why is it important for writers to be avid readers? A: To become better writers. Here are two...
Q: Why Shakespeare?
Sep 02, 2023
Q: Why Shakespeare? (Yep—this is the question. In its entirety.) Why not Shakespeare? (My middle school self would be...
Q: As a writer, what would be your ideal vacation?
Jun 02, 2023
I love how open-ended this question is! My ideal vacation would be to The Shire. Yes, the same Shire...
Q: How do you find inspiration?
Apr 02, 2023
I have a feeling I may be answering this for a very long time, as there are many ways...








