personal growth Archives – Storyconscious

Prizes are nice. Readers are better.

Happy news! Last weekend at Chanticleer’s 2026 Author’s conference, I learned I’d won the grand prize for Young Adult fiction.

Prizes are nice. Readers are better.Bek2026-04-23T06:52:34-07:00

One of the reasons I recently decided to read more books, especially novels, was the study-supported assertion that “fiction provides

Can reading rewire us for empathy?Bek2025-11-02T10:39:12-08:00