At the recent authors forum in which I participated, the moderator asked us several thought-provoking questions. I summarized my...

Last Friday, I participated in an authors forum, or “talk,” during which the moderator asked seven or eight questions of the three of us...

I have been invited to participate in the Author Forum and Book Signing activity during the 2017 Homecoming and Family Weekend, October...

I’m referring to those narrow, vertical green signs along the shoulder called mile markers. Today, this post is sort of a mile marker for...

For the last 36 years (since my first article was published in 1981), I have been learning the art and craft of writing and the “tricks...

For a number of years, every time my wife and I traveled to Florida to visit her parents, as we turned into their street, we passed an...

His life’s ministry was sharing with others, especially aspiring teachers, the wisdom and knowledge that he had gained so that they...

It’s funny how the anniversaries of certain historic events make you reminisce. Today, I’ve been reminiscing about the typewriter, a...

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...

I got sidetracked last Friday and, consequently, didn’t get a single thing marked off my to-do list. I’m normally more self-disciplined...

My publisher, McFarland & Company, has informed me that they have submitted my book in nomination for the following two awards. The 2017...

Someone recently brought to my attention the fact that this week was Freelance Writers Appreciation Week. I use the word was because the...

Well, I’ve taken that first step (actually several steps) on that long journey of fulfilling one of my perennial resolutions: to read...

Shortly after I posted that essay, Charles Moore, who has been following my blog for a while, contacted me to suggest that I might enjoy...

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...

For example, perhaps you’ve heard about the hapless headline writer and his (or her) editor who allowed the following blooper to slip...

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In this age of “instantness,” however, we’re all tempted to expect things, well, instantly. We have instant coffee, instant tea, instant...

One learns to write by writing. But it never hurts to have guidance from someone who has already proven themselves successful at the...