Review: Mommy, Daddy Please Teach Me! by Michael A. Brown
A colorful, inspiring, and heartwarming children’s book, Mommy, Daddy Please Teach Me! by Michael A. Brown is a treasure trove of wisdom for young children. Exquisitely illustrated by Zoe Ranucci, this vivid storybook touches on some of the countless opportunities for learning that parents can share as their children grow.
From their very first lessons in life to more abstract ideas of self-esteem and joy, parents provide critical support for a child’s view of the world. Whether teaching a child how to cook, explaining the value and importance of money, or encouraging them to seek out professions that excite them, […]
When Donna Dechen Birdwell was about ten years old, she became obsessed with the idea that if she was thinking with her brain, she ought to be able to think how it works! She’s been trying to wrap her mind around reality (and how humans experience it) ever since. After a brief stint as a newspaper reporter, she made a career out of anthropology – that utterly boundless science of humankind and how we got here – and then sidestepped into Buddhist philosophy and then art and photography and writing stories that tend to fall somewhere in the neighborhood of […]
In 2013, I published the first novel in a new horror thriller series. The book is Tell Me When I’m Dead, and as I wrote it, I hadn’t thought about a sequel. By the time I got to the end, though, I began picturing scenes for the next book. When I finished Book Two, I was well down the path of writing a trilogy.
Evan McMillan is the author of Growing Pains, the first volume of his Raw Mind series. McMillan is a born-again Christian striving to grow, leaving his old self behind and finding balance in the life God has designed and desires for him. McMillan wishes to continue helping others in their struggles and pains as he himself searches for those elusive answers to the tough questions in life.
Mharlyn Merritt has an MFA in Creative Writing, with a concentration in Fiction from Fairleigh Dickinson University, where she served as an editorial fiction reader for The Literary Review. Mharlyn’s interests include the intertextuality between literature and film (especially Classic Hollywood cinema/Film Noir) and its impact on contemporary culture. Mharlyn is also a renowned Jazz vocalist and the recipient of an NEA Fellowship in Jazz Performance. She lives and writes in her hometown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
My real name is Linda Yoshida but I write under the pen name of Kaylin McFarren — my grandmother’s name, a writer who was never published.
Amanda Dodson Gremillion was born in Anniston, Al. She now lives in Calera, AL with her husband and high school sweetheart, Jay, their daughter, Aubrie and their two dogs Honey Girl and Cooper. Amanda graduated from Auburn University in 2003 with a Business/Marketing degree and has since worked mainly in Human Resources and Payroll after working in Inside Sales for a short time. She is now a preschool teacher. 
Dan Hendrickson was born in Sheridan Wyoming near the rustic Big Horn mountain range in 1962 to Carl and Helen Hendrickson. Dan went to school in the Sheridan School District graduating from Sheridan High School in 1981. He spent his athletic time participating in boxing, martial arts, wrestling and a little track. 
Tim Darcy Ellis (BA BSc, MHSc) is a writer and physiotherapy-business owner. He was formerly a professional archaeologist. Tim’s critically acclaimed debut, The Secret Diaries of Juan Luis Vives is a fast-paced and meticulously researched historical fiction novel. Tim is passionate about bringing his love of history, archaeology and philosophy together: and to express it by writing great fiction.