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Green and Wildish Blog: Celebrate and Advocate for Our Earth

Find book reviews, green living resources and ideas, advocacy opportunities, personal essays, and spotlight on species and the natural world. Visit Green and Wildish. Go to Green and Wildish page and blog.

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Writing Blog: Write the Stories You Were Meant to Tell

Dive into your own stories. Find expert advice, author interviews, craft lessons and the proven paths to finding and writing your stories. Go to First-Person Writing page and blog.

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Amy Lou's Author Posts: Books, Courses, Writing, and News

Explore Amy Lou's writing life, articles, essays, reviews, teaching, and more. Also visit Amy Lou's author page and blog.

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Nature Writing: Why We Need It

Nature Writing: Why We Need It When I was writing Every Natural Fact, I spent hours beside a stream watching water froth over rocks. That riverine landscape wasn’t a … Read more

The Rivers Daughter, Book Review

The Rivers Daughter, Book Review A Memoir by Bridget Crocker, Spiegel and Grau, 2025, 294 pages. Explore on Amazon HERE. In The River’s Daughter, Bridget Crocker offers a … Read more

Mental Illness and the Outdoors a Book Review: Something in The Woods Loves You

Explore on Amazon Book Review of Something in the Woods Loves you Discover Healing in Nature Mental Illness and the Outdoors: A Journey Through Pain and Nature 2024, Timber … Read more

10 Gifts to Nurture Your Child’s Love for Nature

10 Unique Gifts to Nurture Your Child’s Love for Nature In a world increasingly dominated by screens, nurturing your child’s love for nature is more important than ever. Engaging … Read more

Award Winning Nature Books

Award-Winning Nature Books You May Have Missed Award-winning nature books worth checking out: Halcyon Journey, In Search of the Belted Kingfisher by Marina Richie, 2022, Oregon State University Press, … Read more

Before ‘Wild’ by Strayed there was ‘Tracks’ by Davidson

Amazon Link Long Before the Memoir ‘Wild’ by Strayed there was ‘Tracks’ by Davidson Tracks: A Woman’s Solo Trek Across 1700 Miles of Australian Outback by Robyn Davidson, Knopf … Read more

Multiple Perspectives in Memoirs

Balancing Perspectives in Memoirs: Navigating Multiple Points of View Balancing perspectives in memoir is essential to capturing the essence of truth and personal experience. This can be a delicate … Read more

Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Video Essay

Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Video Essay on Hate Arnold Schwarzenegger’s video essay: A Recorded Personal Essay This video essay by Arnold Schwarzenegger startled me. As an admirer of the essays of … Read more

Create a Family Cookbook

Create a Family Cookbook Turning Memories Into Tangible Treasures Create a family cookbook to celebrate your personal history. You’ve shared meals and memories, and that deserve to be preserved. … Read more

Spineless Decorating: Disrespect and Punishment

Spineless Decorating: Stop Punishing Your Books I just saw a decorating a post with a bookshelf hiding all the spines and displaying the edges of pages. Someone could … Read more

Keep Writing

Keep Writing: Conquer these Five Momentum Stoppers Writing can be profoundly fulfilling, yet many writers find themselves stuck, unable to translate their ideas into words. You can break free … Read more

Memoir Prompts

Memoir prompts and smart journaling can point you to the artistry within your life’s meaning. Here’s a sneak peek into some of the content and writing prompts from our … Read more

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