I'm always on the lookout for writing topics and ways to lend support to my writing. For example, I look for material, such as...

Perhaps you've seen the 1968 movie Yours, Mine & Ours, starring Henry Fonda and Lucille Ball with Van Johnson in a supporting role. It...

The other day, I ran across a post written by Alycia W. Morales for the Write Conversation blog. Titled "50 Best Tips for Writers," it...

When writing the post for this blog a couple of weeks ago,(https://www.dennislpeterson.com/post/authors-who-influenced-a-young-mind), I...

It's pollen season in South Carolina! Although we don't get much snow in the Upstate of South Carolina, we make up for that deficiency in...

Growing up in rural Knox County, Tennessee, I never realized until years later how my parents unintentionally exposed me to some of the...

The key factor in determining whether one likes or dislikes history (or any subject, for that matter) is the kind of teachers he or she...

Every so often, I, like you, no doubt, receive a "friend request" on social media. And we've all no doubt often even sent our own such...

There are few certainties in life, but some things are inevitable. They will happen no matter what we might do or how much we might wish...

It's amazing how one can be born and grow up somewhere and never learn about some of the most important places or events in its history...

During the process of researching and writing my upcoming book Dillon's War, I repeatedly found myself encountering quotations from or...

Some of you who have read my blog for some time might be wondering (and several people have been asking) whatever happened to my...

Whenever one is researching, he never knows what interesting tidbits and trivial factoids he'll discover in the process. The key is not...

I lost a former client, an exemplar, an encourager, and a friend this week. Heaven welcomed another pilgrim, his journey on earth...

It's odd, but my involvements often, without my planning them, run along similar lines for a while before parting and prompting me to...

I first became acquainted with the work of Chuck Holton while watching events unfold when Russia invaded Ukraine. Holton was working as a...

I recently wrote about the panelists on the 1950s-1960s-era TV program What's My Line? All of them were famous. One was an actress;...

Well, the New Year has pounced on us, ready or not, and that has turned my attention to what I want to accomplish in the year ahead....

As the old (current) year closes and the new one approaches, I've found that it's instructive to look back and reflect on what I've...

Are you ready for Christmas? It's only three days away, you know. I recently asked that question of students in a local Christian school...