Vicki M Taylor

Category: books

  • How to Express Gratitude

    How do you express your gratitude? Gratitude flows through our lives in countless forms, from the smallest acknowledgments to the most profound expressions of appreciation. Learning to recognize and articulate these feelings enriches both our relationships and our own sense of connection to the world around us. The Spectrum of AppreciationGratitude exists on a beautiful…

  • The Email Avalanche: When Instant Communication Feels Instantly Overwhelming

    How do you waste the most time every day? I’ve come to realize that email has quietly become the most time-consuming part of my day. It’s not writing, it’s not family time, it’s not even the hundred other things on my to-do list—it’s sitting in front of my inbox, swimming through multiple active email addresses…

  • Fall is My Favorite Season and I want to Tell You Why My connection to fall runs so much deeper than just seasonal preference—it’s woven into the very fabric of who I am and what matters most to me. There’s something profoundly grounding about how I’ve created this rhythm of reflection and renewal that aligns…

  • My Daily Companions

    Who do you spend the most time with? Morning Symphony A sun conure parrot screeches “good morning” while two snuggle pups wake me up to start their day of antics. They’re insistent on being fed, their basic needs taking priority over my desire for just five more minutes of sleep. Once they’ve devoured their good…

  • Growing up in the School Library

    Do you remember your favorite book from childhood? My grandmother gave me the greatest gift imaginable when she taught me to read and write by age four. That early literacy sparked something fierce inside me—a hunger for stories that felt almost desperate. Books weren’t just entertainment; they were my lifeline, my escape from a childhood…

  • A Journey Through Work and Words

    What jobs have you had? My career path has been anything but traditional, shaped by circumstances, choices, and an evolving understanding of what truly fulfills me. Early Work ExperienceMy first official job came at sixteen when I joined the Youth Conservation Corps, spending a summer working and living in state parks. Before that, I’d taken…

  • Living Before the World Went Online

    Do you remember life before the internet? I remember life before instant “Anything.” I was thirty-four when the world changed forever, though we didn’t know it at the time. That’s when most people started talking about something called the “World Wide Web,” though it would be years before it touched my daily life in any…

  • All Author Interview

    Vicki M. Taylor is an award-winning author known for dramatic stories featuring strong female leads. A prolific writer of novels and short stories, she brings her characters to life with emotional depth and realism. She lives in Florida with her husband, two American Hairless Terriers, and a Sun Conure Parrot, and enjoys beach walks, travel,…

  • Not Getting Engaged

    What’s the oldest things you’re wearing today? I look down at my left hand and see a familiar sight. My engagement ring. How long has it been there? Nearly thirty years. It really wasn’t an engagement ring when my boyfriend gave it to me, so many years ago. He’d been married before and so had…

  • The Fruit Explosion

    List your top 5 favorite fruits. My most favorite fruit of all are blueberries. When I was a kid, we lived near a blueberry farm. All the neighbor kids worked there for the summer. We were given a basket and had to pick enough to fill it. Each bucketload was a dollar. If you were…