I've been in radio broadcasting for more than 40 years. I did radio news for several years and had the opportunity to interview people such as Warren Spahn and many political leaders, both in New York state and Massachusetts. I've done my folk music program, "The...

On a hot summer day in Elburn, Illinois, as we celebrate the birth of our sixth grandchild (five boys and a girl now), I received this great review for Empty Seats from Chick Lit Cafe. Please check them out. They have wonderful book selections and reviews.

I'm way behind on my writing these days. My brain's in a fog because every now and then I need to take pain medicine--especially when I need to go to physical therapy. I had a total knee replacement about a month ago on my left knee. In 2016, I had the same procedure...

An interview I did with www.authorcentral.com will run all day on May 2, 2019: Hope you will tune in!

Even for a writer, words cannot express how amazing it was for me on February 13, 2019 when I walked up onto the stage at the Folk Alliance International conference in Montreal, and my friends Mike Regenstreif and Ellen Stanley welcomed me into the Folk DJ Hall of...

What an honor! BookWorks chose Empty Seats as its "Book of the Week" for the week of January 7, 2019! As we all await the beginning of 2019 Spring Training and the next baseball season, I'm so pleased to know that readers like my novel as much as I enjoyed writing it....

For more than 36 years, I've hosted a folk music show, "The Hudson River Sampler," on WAMC-FM/Northeast Public Radio (www.wamc.org), a major National Public Radio affiliate headquartered in Albany, New York. Prior to that, I hosted a folk music show for four years at...

I'm pleased to announce that The New Apple Literary Awards selected the e-version of "Empty Seats" as its solo medalist winner in the Young Adult General Fiction category. I am so excited about this, especially since it's the first award I've received for my fiction...

href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38532119-heartland" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px">Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth by Sarah Smarsh My rating: 3 of 5 stars I bought this book after having heard the...

I am so excited to announce that an audiobook version of "Empty Seats" is available of Audible and iTunes! Here's a great deal if you're interested in getting a FREE--THAT'S RIGHT, FREE--copy. If you sign up for a 30-day free trial of Audible, you can get a free...

Varina by Charles Frazier My rating: 5 of 5 stars I loved this book. I admit that it took me a while to finish because I had some things get in the way, but after I had heard Charles Frazier on The Book Show on WAMC, I knew I had to read it. Perhaps it's because my...

Yet another fine review! https://artisanbookreviews.com/2018/09/17/empty-seats-by-wanda-adams-fischer/