Last year was a rough one here at the Charming-Mercury household. As I result, I lost my love of writing and shut down.  Quite fran...

Ever since I was a young girl, I adored The Muppets. I was a member of The Muppet Show Fan Club, I adored Sesame Street, and I have seen...

I love my Pinterest boards. I use them for brainstorming on my books and for general inspiration. Here are a few of my boards and their pins...

Authors tend to treat their bodies as something that carries their head around. We are then surprised when our body revolts with nerve pai...

I come from a family of irritating overachievers. My father (Dr. Dad) has a Ph.D. My older brother (Dr. Bro) has a PhD and two post-doct...

On Saturday, August 4th, we all met in Portland and shared an amazing forty-five minutes together. I am so bummed we ran out of time. As p...