Good Monday morning readers!
Today, I’m shining the spotlight on Lisa Collier Cool, a best-selling author and winner of 18 journalism awards. She’s written more than 400 articles for the Associated Press, Cosmopolitan, Family Circle, Fitness, Glamour, Good Housekeeping, Harper’s, Hallmark, Harper’s Bazaar, Health, Health Monitor, Ladies Home Journal, Marie Claire, O the Oprah Magazine, Parenting, Parents, Penthouse, Publishers Weekly, Redbook, Reader’s Digest, Self, Woman’s Day, Writer’s Digest and many others.
Lisa also is a prolific author. Her book, Beware the Night: A New York City Cop Investigates the Supernatural (with coauthor Ralph Sarchie), reached #3 on the Amazon bestseller list, and …read more

“Anyone can garden, and everyone should do it.” That’s the motto of Julie Martens, freelance garden writer and editor. A woman with an avid green thumb since childhood, Julie believes that gardening is a lifelong hobby—one that gives back and blesses not only the gardener, but also the world.
Julie’s passions for writing and gardening combine beautifully in her work, having served as a garden editor for Better Homes and Gardens, Home Garden, Southern Living, and Garden Escape magazines. Her writing has also appeared on Garden.com, the first major gardening site to sprout on the Web. She also has consulted for horticultural events at Epcot Theme Park and written for plant displays at Disney’s Animal Kingdom …read more