No wonder our ancestors worshiped the sun. What to an untrained, unmodern mind is more fierce and faithful. I see it perched on a...

I believe that when we craft a story, there has to be a spark. That spark may be: a person or group of persons (family) with a certain...

These are short but stunning in many ways. Here is one I wrote, playing with words: Some one said to “pen” a narrative. The opposite of...

On February 2 I put out the solo podcast episode that was part 1 of this series. If I didn’t anger you or totally discourage you, I’m...

This is the transcript of a recent podcast, a solo one by me.   Welcome to this early February 2025 episode of Dialogues with Creators....

For almost 30 years, I have used a Franklin Covey Planner. I will probably stop this year; they are more than a retired person needs....

That title is an overstatement, and click-baity. But it's close to the truth. I read Beloved a long time ago; I don't think I understood...

For some reason, Facebook is giving me a lot of links to or copies of poems, probably because I am friends with a few published poets and...

My publisher, Vickie McEntire of Colorful Crow Publishing, heard of the Townsend Prize for fiction and decided to nominate my latest...

The Idea #27 is tongue in cheek.  But these are some ideas about writing fiction, which I have done in ten novels (and counting), a dozen...

These four posted were culled from Facebook and other sites...I do not think I would post my poems on the Internet, but I am not sure...

Before we go on, a bit of wise-guy-ism.

This is my story. In May 2024 I found myself in a writing rut. Actually more like a trench, maybe a grave. I just didn’t want to write....

My Facebook feed is no longer about my friends. It is 5 ads or "info pieces" about literature, history, art, or humanities to every 1...

I have just finished the infinitely charming, funny, and fascinating All Creatures Great and Small , the first of James Herriot’s...

I have not been writing. There, I confessed it. As a writer, so-called, I am supposed to write. And I haven’t been. That is not entirely...

That greeting is referring to me, not to you. I have been missing in action for a while with the beginning of the semester and some...

I will post the link; I think it would be somewhat dishonest to post the whole article: https://getpocket.com/explore/item/write-a-senten...

A friend and I took a trip to Clintwood, VA. This is not an auspicious place, but a good one.  It is the county seat of Virginia's "baby"...