Seabird - Wilmington
We found the Seabird when we went walking around looking for a place to eat breakfast and they were open for brunch. It was definitely...
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The Friendliest Town on the East Coast
Wilmington, North Carolina Back when I first lived in Tallahassee, my job allowed me to travel the state of Florida and visit resorts. I...
ARRIVE Wilmington - hotel
The ARRIVE hotel in Wilmington starts with a story about an elephant named Topsy who escaped from the Hagenbeck-Wallace circus in 1922.
Interview: Ed Smith, Walter Biggs collector
Ed Smith is a business owner in the Roanoke Valley where I grew up. He is also an art collector. One of his favorite local artists is an...
Hiking in the Roanoke Valley
video from Blue Ridge Outdoors Welcome to the Roanoke Valley where outdoor adventures abound. This is a list of shorter hikes that are...
Interview: Morrison West, author of The Artificials
Morrison West is a decorated veteran who wrote poetry on the battlefield and recently published his first novel, The Artificials. He...
Interview: Dr. Joseph Blaha, jazz musician
Jazz . . .You can miss a note and still make it work . . . like life. I first met Joe through his wife, Sara, who is an author and a...
Interview: The Arsenic Eater's Wife author, Tonya Mitchell
Tonya Mitchell was one of my first author site clients when I started focusing on designing for authors. Her site has remained one of my...
Interview: April Dawn White, Writing Coach
April is an author, speaker, and writing coach and she is also one of my closest friends and day trip buddy. Here are a few questions...
Favorite: Natural Bridge Safari Park
One of my favorite local places is Virginia's only drive-thru safari park, the Natural Bridge Safari Park. Learn more at...
Interview: Mystery Writer M. E. Roche
Today's interview is with mystery writer, M. E. Roche. She has published seven books and her eighth is to be released this month. Be sure...
Interview: Writing Coach Michelle Layer Rahal
Michelle Layer Rahal is the author of Straining Forward and her latest release, Are You Listening? She is also a certified writing coach...
Kids & the Internet
Since I am a website designer, I have friends ask me about the internet, social media, apps, and all sorts of digital topic questions...
Interview: Eric Lehwald of DTLA design
Eric Lehwald is the owner and lead designer of DTLA design in Los Angeles. I absolutely love his work so I asked if I could interview him...
Interview: Victor L. Harris, Minority Landowner magazine
Victor L. Harris is the publisher and editor of the Minority Landowner magazine (available in print and digital formats). He received the...
The World of Self - Publishing
The world is changing so fast. Back in the day when I signed up for my first class in Fiction Technique, the goal was to get your work...
Book Covers, Custom Logos, Marketing Illustrations by Mary Beth
Fifty percent of my web design clients are authors. Through working with writers and the publishing industry I have seen many generic...
A Tuskegee Airman, Dempsey Morgan
I had the honor of meeting Dempsey Wesley Morgan, Jr. in 2012 before he passed away at the age of 93. Mr. Morgan was a fighter pilot from...
Los Angeles 1950
I found this edition of the Los Angeles Times at a yardsale. It tells the story of the city of Los Angeles California by mostly...
First Steps in Podcasts
CREATE A NAME/PURPOSE Like with your website, get focused. Keep the theme and look similar to your site, your brand. What is your...
the Lodge at Wakulla Springs - Crawfordville, "old Florida"
Wakulla Springs is like traveling back in time. The springs are known for the filming of the 1954 film, Creature from the Black Lagoon....
Perly's Delicatessen Restaurant
Perly's original owners were Harry and Mary Perlstein. Mary met and married Harry in England during World War II. She moved to America in...
Book Release: The Arsenic Eater's Wife
The latest book release by Tonya Mitchell is The Arsenic Eater's Wife. "A woman is accused of killing her husband, but is she guilty? ...
Book Release: A Cape May Christmas
“This Christmas was different. Rita’s sons, now grown men, needed her— she had to get it right.” Rita Abernathy’s lifelong dream has come...
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