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Photo credit by Robert Vrshek of Chicago Anybody's who's spent much time writing knows that it's a pretty solitary pursuit. Just you and the keyboard, or the typewriter, or the legal pad and a sharpened pencil or fountain pen. Sometimes stuff absolutely flows, more often you have to drag it out of hiding, from under sofas, the backs of closets, the deepest recesses of your brain where it digs in...

What do you do when a moose gets loose in your store? What do you say to someone who is being shipped out to war? In the collection of literary short stories by author Mary Hitchcock Cone, Moose Mash and Other Stories (Folkheart Press 2011) these answers will be revealed. Mary is considered to be a short story master but that is not all she is known for. She is also a devoted mother to her...

The Chicago Writers Association will be sponsoring a "Meet the Authors Day" at the new Beverly...

It seems I live to fight another day. The crisis, for now is averted and my blood sugar is once again under control. It seems only one medication really works for me, and as long as I take it, my blood sugar remains stable. It's expensive, naturally, but getting to live is worth the cost. Hopefully soon I will beat the exhaustion and get back to writing. Projects are piling up, deadlines are...

When I first set out to self-publish my first collection of essays, "Running with Stilettos," my sights were not exactly what you'd call high. All I was really looking for back in 2008 was to get ten copies of my book in 3-D format so that I could give one to each of my four kids, one each to me and my guy, and a few to send out to agents and publishers to take a look at. A second book, "Heck on...