The first week of November is a busy time! It starts off with National Authors’ Day, which affects only a relative handful of people, but...

It’s usually the little things in life that make the difference. Perhaps we can’t see the significance, potential, or danger of such...

It’s interesting how something small and seemingly insignificant to others can trigger in one a vivid memory. This phenomenon can be, for...

It never fails. Soon after one makes a commitment to do something, that commitment will be tested. How long one is able to remain...

One hundred ninety years ago today, a man was born who later published a book the influence of which stretched far beyond his own...

On this date in history, several important events occurred. Columbus landed on San Salvador, discovering the New World in his quest to...

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

It’s amazing how, over time, one’s perspectives change. As I’m on the verge of testing the adage “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks,”...

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

The much-anticipated, long-awaited Write2Ignite conference has come and gone. The recovery Sunday is now behind me, and the reality of a...

For several years, I had read various comments and articles about and notices and advertisements for the Write2Ignite Christian writers’...

I fully understand that media outlets seek viewers and that they want those viewers to be regular, continuous viewers so that they will...

I don’t know where I first heard that statement: “Put the cookies on the bottom shelf.” It certainly didn’t originate with me, but I have...

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...

My wife recently bought some electric plug-in room deodorizers for our house. She asked me to install one that she had laid out for the...

Perhaps you’re familiar with the adage “Don’t work harder; work smarter.” Although writing is always hard work (because it requires a lot...

Some people work for a large, satisfying paycheck. Others work for the public and private recognition they receive from appreciative...

My wife, a second-grade teacher, usually has her mind, even during her summer vacation, on school-related matters. Sometimes, that leads...

“It isn’t defeat, but rather your mental attitude toward it, that whips you.” This goes back to what an earlier post said about the...