Logos & Mythos Blog

Welcome to the LOGOS & MYTHOS Blog! This is my virtual home for thoughts on reading, writing and all things literary. Get cozy, prop your feet up and sip some hot tea with me as I share my Indie Author journey. Subscribe below to receive each weekly post right in your inbox and check out this post for the story behind my unusual blog—and Press—name.

Love in Books: More Than All the Kissing

Love in Books: More Than All the Kissing

What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you hear “Love in Books”? Is it last summer’s hottest rom-com? Does a classic tale of unrequited love surface in your memory? Or, do you react with a giant “Ugh!”?  I get that last one. I’m not one to seek out romance in...

Indie Authors and the Case of Wisdom

Indie Authors and the Case of Wisdom

Since 2017 I’ve chosen a word for each year. These words become lighthouses for me as I venture out onto the vast seas of my literary pursuits, especially when the waves of challenges, doubts and disapprovals threaten to dash me against the rocks.  My word for 2020 is...

My 2020 Word of the Year

My 2020 Word of the Year

After a lot of mind sifting, I’ve come up with my 2020 word of the year: WISDOM.  As I reflect on the words I’ve chosen the past four years, I realize how powerful and central they’ve been in my forward movement as an Indie Author.  2017—FOCUS  In 2016, I finally...

Best Books of the Decade for Learning

Best Books of the Decade for Learning

I'm sharing my best books of the decade for learning in today's post and joining in with some special book bloggers to do so. I got the idea from Allison at Mind Joggle who partnered with her book blogging buddy, Rachel at Never Enough Novels, to link together a bunch...

All I Want for Christmas Are BOOKS

All I Want for Christmas Are BOOKS

Want to give the best gifts you can this holiday season? Then I’ve got the books for you! I believe the best gifts you can give anyone are the gifts of story. Words transport and transform; words inspire and inform. Words are powerful and lasting. When you give the...

Indie Authors and the Case of Events

Indie Authors and the Case of Events

For Indie Authors, any opportunity to sell our books is cause for excitement. That is, after all, why we went through the grueling process to publish them. How else are they going to get to readers?  The thing is, though, events are tricky and they won’t always—or...

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Joy E. Rancatore's books on Goodreads
Any Good Thing Any Good Thing
reviews: 10
ratings: 12 (avg rating 4.83)

The Crux Anthology The Crux Anthology
reviews: 8
ratings: 11 (avg rating 4.09)