On this date in 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt approved a secret project that led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people...

“Stories come from people. Not from ideas, not from plots. Faulkner gave us the key to our material: ‘the human heart in conflict with...

A young, aspiring writer once asked author Jesse Stuart about the secret to his writing success. Stuart–author of Beyond Dark Hills, Man...

Here are some of his one-liners that are among my personal favorites. They are as true today as they were when he quipped them. “The...

Lately, I’ve been reading a sadly ironic biography of a talented but confused author who spent his life trying to find himself. He...

It finally happened, just as I had long fear it someday would. Several times, I have blogged about having too much to read (for example,...

At times, I get frustrated by the amount of reading material that pours in through both my postal mail and my e-mail, every item...

Here it is the first day of the last month of the year. Amid all the increasing hustle and bustle that leads to and accompanies the...

I can recall many a night when, as a youngster who had been told to turn out the light and go to bed, I dutifully obeyed but then pulled...

The other morning, while I was toiling through my regular routine on the treadmill and struggling with arthritis-pained knees, toes, and...

A glance at my calendar informs me that every day this week has been or is a National _________ Day (you fill in the blank), and I...

The first full week of February is Children’s Authors and Illustrators Week. It’s impossible to estimate how many young readers have been...

Never underestimate the power of a good book series, even if it’s not great literature, to spark an interest in reading. It might just...

Are you looking for that perfect gift for someone special? If that someone special happens to be a history buff, I’ve got a suggestion: a...

I’ve been an avid reader ever since I caught the “reading bug” in Mrs. George’s fifth-grade class. At first, I read a little of...

I guess, based on the dates of those various special days, that someone wants you to read the book before you buy it. It’s usually the...

Today, I take a brief glance backward to August 28, 2015, when I posted this article, my first effort at blogging. Much has changed since...