Veterans Day: Preserving the Stories That Deserve to Be Told
February 11, 2026
My first ghostwriting project was my grandfather's story, a WWII POW who survived. Why veterans' memoirs matter and how ghostwriting preserves them.
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ObservancesRemembering My Mother: A Personal Reflection on Mother’s Day
February 10, 2026
A personal tribute to my mother, her lasting influence, and the true meaning behind Mother’s Day, past the cards and flowers.
MemoirsWhy Thanksgiving Scenes Are the Best Material for Memoir and Fiction
February 10, 2026
Sit people with complicated histories around a table with too much food and no easy exit, and wait. Someone says the wrong thing, someone drinks too much, someone raises the forbidden subject, and every buried family tension surfaces at once.…
ObservancesElection Day: Why Tuesday, Why It Matters, and Six Election Novels Worth Reading
February 10, 2026
Why does America still vote on a Tuesday? Because in 1845 most people were farmers, harvest finished by November, Sunday reserved for church, Wednesday for market, Monday for the trip to town, which left Tuesday. That 180-year-old logic still rules…
ObservancesNational Read a Book Day: A Writer Who Reads Everything
February 10, 2026
September 6 is National Read a Book Day. A 113-book author on why reading is the single most important thing a writer does besides writing.
ObservancesHow Writing Brings the Magic of Halloween to Life
February 9, 2026
Halloween gives you permission to become someone else for a few hours. Writing does the same thing, except the transformation lasts longer. Here's how.
ObservancesStar Trek Day: What the Original Series Taught Me About Storytelling
February 9, 2026
A lifelong Star Trek fan with over 200 hardcover Trek novels on what the original series got right about storytelling that most of its successors missed.
ObservancesCelebrating Nurses Day: Heroes in Scrubs, Heartbeats of Healthcare
February 9, 2026
National Nurses Day tribute to the 4.2 million people who hold the healthcare system together. Their stories deserve to be books.
Observances36 Ways to Show Heartfelt Author Appreciation
February 8, 2026
Discover over 36 ways to show author appreciation, from engaging on social media to creative testimonials. Support the storytellers who enrich our lives.
ObservancesLiterature Related Holidays: Over 100 Festive Dates for Bookworms
February 8, 2026
Every month has a reason to celebrate books, if you know where to look. This calendar collects more than 100 of them: author birthdays, fictional character birthdays, reading holidays, and the odd offbeat date worth marking. Use it for content…