The great thing about self-publishing is that anyone can do it. It’s also the bad thing. For a knowledgeable and competent writer, self-publishing is a way to avoid the hassles, delays and disappointments associated with the commercial — and profit-motivated — “houses” like ...

Jenny Milchman is a prolific writer. Only in her mid-50s, she has written 22 novels. Novel number eight was the first one she sold. “Cover of Snow” was published in 2013 and won the Mary Higgins Clark Award for best suspense novel that year. On jennymilchman.com the author says while you ...

Clinton County’s Senior Citizens Council has been conducting its “Senior Scholars” seminar program for thirteen years. The seminars meet in-person for five consecutive weeks. I was coordinator of one of this autumn’s seminars, focused on “What They’re Reading in High School ...

Somehow I missed the book, “Outsider: Stories of Growing Up Black in the Adirondacks,” when it was published in 2023. Author Alice Paden Green passed away earlier this year at age 84. I’m sorry I never had the opportunity to meet her or listen to her speak. Her memoir provides insight ...

Our books column’s subject this time barely qualifies as a book. It’s a 6-inch-by-3-inch, 16-page assemblage of “advice and good cheer” titled “A Trotty Veck Message: Be Friendly,” published by “Trotty Veck Messengers, Saranac Lake, N.Y.” It’s not dated, but extensive material ...

The bed is empty. That’s the first of sentence of Liz Moore’s novel, “The God of the Woods.” Louise Donnadieu, a summer camp counselor, sneaks back into the cabin after a night of partying to find one bed empty. Barbara is gone. From here, the Adirondack-based story takes off like ...