Indie Spotlight-It’s the dead of winter and all I want to do is read books next to a roaring fire and take ridiculously long naps. How about you? Please welcome author Amy Reade to Indie Spotlight. She's a full time writer, mother and wife who loves a good mystery as much as I adore black coffee and one-way plane tickets to the Caribbean. We bonded on Twitter over our shared appreciation for Emily Bronte while chatting about the dark imagery and themes often found in Gothic a

Happy New Year! I chose 12: 30 E.S.T to pre-schedule this post, as I literally just jumped in the Atlantic Ocean with my awesome family. This is our fourteenth consecutive year. Brrr. We love the feeling of renewal and adrenaline rush. All of the toxic things that held us back the year before seem to reset and give us the courage we need to pursue our dreams. A new year in the Gregorian calendar brings new goals, new beginnings and new friends. Please take a moment to meet a

Be Yourself by Bibiana Krall One of my favorite literary quotes is by the inimitable Oscar Wilde, “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” The Picture of Dorian Gray is a novel he wrote that certainly speaks of this merit and one that haunts me in the final and macabre scene. I won’t do a spoiler, if you have not had the pleasure. Read the book, then we can chat about what the symbolism means to each of us. The past week I have had lively and thought provoking interacti