by Joni M Fisher | Sep 8, 2025 | Writing Life
To celebrate International Literacy Day, take a look at the most translated books of each country. How many have you read? Have you considered how challenging it is to translate books from one language to another? Oh, the idioms! My daughter had an exchange student in...
by Joni M Fisher | Sep 1, 2025 | Writing Life
Early into the school year, my daughter, a high school freshman, lost a classmate to suicide. The boy was well-liked, popular, kind, and active on the football team. The day after his suicide, they announced it at school. My daughter called. She wanted to come home....
by Joni M Fisher | Jul 4, 2025 | Writing Life
I love my country. I believe the United States of America is the best country in the world to live in. Having traveled in 31 countries so far, I have witnessed and experienced life under oppressive and corrupt governments. In the USA, we enjoy freedom of speech,...
by Joni M Fisher | Jun 10, 2025 | Writing Life
I must confess my pen fetish. Imagine my joy to learn that there is a National Ball Point Pen Day! So buckle up, I’m going to teach you something you didn’t know about pens. This holiday was created to celebrate the filing of the patent for the ball point...
by Joni M Fisher | Jun 8, 2025 | Writing Life
My best friend Caryn keeps all my secrets. She’s been a loyal, kind-hearted friend since middle school. We’ve been through many milestones together. She taught me how to shave my legs with a razor. Whenever we talk, we pick up where we left off as if only...
by Joni M Fisher | May 26, 2025 | Writing Life
A writer colleague recently asked me to name the hardest-to-write story I’ve done. This article originally appeared in The Lakeland Ledger, Polk County, Florida, on May 3, 1998. Here it is. As Polk City Hardware’s softball team storms through the season, one...