Blogs and Feature Stories

Picture of a northern lake with the words "Tell a Good Story and Like What your Write" on it.

Early Writing Advice

Jeff Nania

I really don’t think I am the best choice to tell anyone how to write a book or even how to get started. There are lots of well-written blogs and...

Early Writing Advice

Jeff Nania

I really don’t think I am the best choice to tell anyone how to write a book or even how to get started. There are lots of well-written blogs and...

Image of a road with the words "The most nondescript person may have the greatest story to tell"

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Jeff Nania

Fairly frequently I get asked where I came up with the characters that appear in my books. That is good news to me because it means someone is reading my...

WWWWW and H

Jeff Nania

Fairly frequently I get asked where I came up with the characters that appear in my books. That is good news to me because it means someone is reading my...

Where Can You Find Real-Life Mystery?

Where Can You Find Real-Life Mystery?

Jeff Nania

As mystery and crime fiction writers, we often weave stories focused on unsettling, unpleasant events. ln real-life, mystery is around every bend in the road, and I am absolutely fascinated...

Where Can You Find Real-Life Mystery?

Jeff Nania

As mystery and crime fiction writers, we often weave stories focused on unsettling, unpleasant events. ln real-life, mystery is around every bend in the road, and I am absolutely fascinated...

Where Can You Find Peace in 2020?

Where Can You Find Peace in 2020?

Jeff Nania

  Living an outdoor life has served me well. The tasks and chores that are part and parcel of living in the country keep me outside and occupied in mostly...

Where Can You Find Peace in 2020?

Jeff Nania

  Living an outdoor life has served me well. The tasks and chores that are part and parcel of living in the country keep me outside and occupied in mostly...

Man and Woman driving a restored wooden boat

For the Love of Restoration

Jeff Nania

Drive down the street in any city on trash day or visit the local landfill and we are confronted with conclusive evidence of a disposable society. We consume and consume,...

For the Love of Restoration

Jeff Nania

Drive down the street in any city on trash day or visit the local landfill and we are confronted with conclusive evidence of a disposable society. We consume and consume,...

Watercolor painting of a deer jumping through the woods

Clarence Monegar: Between Two Worlds

Jeff Nania

 I had stopped at a small out-of-the-way used bookstore in Madison, looking for anything that caught my eye. In the back corner on the floor leaning against the wall were...

Clarence Monegar: Between Two Worlds

Jeff Nania

 I had stopped at a small out-of-the-way used bookstore in Madison, looking for anything that caught my eye. In the back corner on the floor leaning against the wall were...