Author: Cynthia MacGregor

A writer I admire and enjoy reading the books of, Mary Roach, wrote in her book MY PLANET, “You get crumbs in the bed and steal my blankets. I still want the divorce.” It was a throwaway line in an otherwise-oriented chapter.

There is a rooster inside my head that goes off like the most reliable alarm clock at 5 every morning if I’m not already awake—which most often I am. At times in my past I tried staying up later in hopes that would cause me to sleep later. It didn’t. It only left me resembling...

The attendance was very nearly SRO at last Saturday’s third big event of the organization 4 Authors by Authors (read the “4” as “For”). In a jam-packed large room at Keiser University in West Palm Beach, writers and would-be writers sat and absorbed wisdom and inspiration from five speakers: author Lisa McCourt (speaking on behalf...

It comes just once a year—and I’m not talking about Christmas, or the just-passed Halloween. The subject today is NaNoWriMo, and as it just started yesterday, November 1st, you’re really not too late to jump in and catch up.

Besides the over-100 books I’ve had published, I also write business materials, charitable appeals, and more, and I also ghostwrite books. There are people who have ideas for books but lack the writing skills to turn their idea into a salable book. And there are people who have a message they want to deliver to...

Admittedly my childhood was a long time ago, and also admittedly, children’s literature has changed—somewhat—since then. There are more girl heroes—I don’t just mean protagonists but actual heroes—on the printed page. But Nancy Drew did something that was particularly relevant to young female readers.

If you’ve got a book you’ve begun but never finished…if there’s a book inside you that you’ve often thought about writing…if you’ve always wished you could be an author…and if you live in South Florida (or will be visiting the area the first weekend in November), you’re in luck!

Q: How many books have you written or co-written, and what are their titles? A: I have personally written or adapted three illustrated children’s stories that have been translated into as many as 14 different languages each.  I have written and/or co-written six screenplays and five teleplays. Three of these screenplays have been adapted into...

We are “celebrating” national Banned Books Week this week—if indeed “celebrating” is the right word to use in conjunction with a week that honors books that have been banned in various venues.

My birthday is coming. Too many people dread birthdays. I don’t. I celebrate them. That “Yahoo” in the title of this post isn’t a reference to a well-known digital company; it’s an exclamation of delight! I may not be thrilled to be older, the way I was when I was a kid and each advanced...