A new Indie champion

Those of us who know firsthand the challenges of getting a novel published owe a big thank you today to Jessica Park. The New Hampshire woman penned an excellent piece, How Amazon Saved My Life, for the Indie Reader blog. Park is the author of several novels, including Flat-Out Love and Relatively Famous.

A very special graduate

Here's a shout-out to my amazing daughter Amy, a contributor to The Mine, who graduated from high school yesterday as one of several valedictorians. Her inspiring journey through public education is chronicled in a feature article that ran yesterday in the Helena Independent Record. You're the best, Amy. We love you!