Remembering William Zinsser
Zinsser was born October 7, 1922. Following service in the Army in North Africa and Italy during World War II, he returned to the United...
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Dennis L. Peterson
- May 1, 2020
- 2 min
Where Has the Time Gone?!
First, he calculated how much time he had had to that point of his life. (I think he was in his mid-70s at the time, having been born...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Apr 14, 2020
- 1 min
Lessons from Sun Tzu, Jomini, and Clausewitz
Throughout much of America’s military history, its strategies of warfare have been based to varying degrees on the teachings of three...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Mar 24, 2020
- 1 min
Tuesday Teaser: Faithfulness in the Least
[From Combat! Spiritual Lessons from Military History by Dennis L. Peterson, available on Amazon at http://ow.ly/ZXQ350xX9mx] #writing...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Feb 28, 2020
- 2 min
Static: Imprecise Language
That quotation came to mind the other day as I read a short article by Stephen Clay McGehee titled “Words Have Meaning” at The Southern...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Feb 25, 2020
- 1 min
Tuesday Teaser: Followup and Long-Term Success
“The transmission of knowledge from one generation to the next, Sun Tzu taught, was the key to long-term military success. . . . [The...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Feb 18, 2020
- 1 min
Tuesday Teaser: Dealing with Setbacks
Be sure to check out Part 1 of the featured article about this book on Southern Writers magazine’s Suite T blog this Friday at...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Jan 13, 2020
- 1 min
Education Article Published
This article of mine just came out in the Spring issue of Parent Update by the American Association of Christian Schools. #writing...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Nov 1, 2019
- 3 min
Expectations
Don’t you just hate it when you buy (or buy into) something that has been highly touted but once you get it doesn’t meet your...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Oct 11, 2019
- 3 min
Books Given and Received
Readers of this blog know by now that I’m a bibliophile, I love books and reading them. Granted, I’m selective in what I read, but within...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Oct 4, 2019
- 3 min
Two Adages and Your Writing
“Write what you know.” “Your writing becomes like what you read.” Since I began writing for publication back in the late 1970s/early...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Sep 25, 2019
- 3 min
Positive Presentations–and a Pet Peeve
I suspect, however, that for many attendees a better name might be Ignite2Write, because they often leave the conference inspired to...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Sep 20, 2019
- 2 min
Beyond My Comfort Zone
I’ll soon be leaving the safety and security of my writer’s cocoon and venturing well beyond my comfort zone. And for an introvert like...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Aug 30, 2019
- 2 min
Learning More from Louis L’Amour
I finished reading Louis L’Amour’s memoir Education of a Wandering Man last week in the spare moments when I wasn’t writing or doing...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Aug 23, 2019
- 3 min
Life Lessons from Louis L’Amour
As readers of this blog already know, I tend to prefer reading nonfiction over fiction. But they also know that I’m trying to break out...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Aug 16, 2019
- 3 min
New School Year Revives Memories
It’s school time again. You can’t avoid knowing that fact because of all the Walmart aisles crowded with school supplies for sale. (I...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Jun 28, 2019
- 3 min
Doing It Right
I was impressed the minute the man got out of his truck. My appreciation for him grew by the minute. When the installer arrived, two...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Jun 14, 2019
- 2 min
The More Things Change. . . .
The children of those early settlers either established farms (often quite large ones), towns, and cities or pressed further west to do...
Dennis L. Peterson
- May 17, 2019
- 2 min
Reflections on a Winslow Homer Painting
But that painting, “Snap the Whip,” was more than a sanity-maintainer for me. It reminded me of three special people: my grandfather, my...
Dennis L. Peterson
- May 3, 2019
- 2 min
Books I Recommend to Writer Friends
I recently completed an eight-part series answering the question “How does one go about getting a book published?” Some of my writer...
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