In the previous post about static, we discussed the importance of logical organization to producing clear, static-free writing. Today we...

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Although that scenario is certainly still possible, it is becoming harder and more rare. This new reality came to my attention the other...

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...

“The transmission of knowledge from one generation to the next, Sun Tzu taught, was the key to long-term military success. . . . [The...

FIRST, A REMINDER: Southern Writers magazine is featuring the first of a two-part article about my book Combat! Spiritual Lessons from...

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...

Before getting into the subject of this week’s blog post . . . A MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT! In my previous blog post, I discussed the danger...

Yesterday’s cache of e-mails brought one from my publisher, TouchPoint Press. That in itself is not surprising, given the soon release of...

John Donne wrote, “No man is an island Entire of itself. Every man is a piece of the continent, A part of the main.” This statement is...

As I’ve mentioned before on this blog, the wheels of the publishing machine sometimes move slowly. But, like a railroad locomotive, once...

This article of mine just came out in the Spring issue of Parent Update by the American Association of Christian Schools. #writing...

To paraphrase a familiar adage, “A writer’s gotta do what a writer’s gotta do.” So I’m doing it. Because it has to be done sometime. No...

I remember hearing my Nannie Summers comment that time flew faster and faster as one got older. I never understood that as a child. It...

That said, I was reading for pleasure a few nights ago (an historical novel, no less!) when my editorial alarm went off like an air-raid...

Mathis, Jim. The Fourth Quarter (Overland Park, Kan.: Mathis Books, 2018). Paper, 102 pages. Available https://jim-mathis-writerjimmathis...

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...

Often, we cannot truly appreciate someone or what they have experienced or done until we’ve walked the proverbial mile in their shoes. In...

To fully appreciate what I’m saying, one must understand the backstory, realizing the change that took place in DMV over the years....

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...