I was going to skip this week to focus on getting ready for the holidays, but I can't without writing this letter....

I was going to skip this week to focus on getting ready for the holidays, but I can't without writing this letter....
I hadn't planned to write about the #MeToo movement. Some of my readers might think it too political for all the...
Those who are regulars on this blog have read this essay before. I run it every Veteran's Day to remind me of what our...
This is the first of a couple of blog entries about this annual contest. Over the weekend, I attended my third JRW...
Friday last was a perfect day. Cooler than the scorching mid 90s of the previous two weeks. Little humidity. Light...
On Saturday evening, just as Terry and I were heading out to dinner, a neighbor called to report a dead cow in the...
When Terry and I went to Alaska, we went for a vacation. What we came away with were several new life lessons. So, in...
Last Friday, I drove down to Wytheville with a writer friend of mine. It was the 26th annual Wytheville Chautauqua and...
I am querying for my first Mad Max novel and find myself facing a dilemma. Do I work on the second Mad Max book, which...
When we were getting ready for vacation last month, I spent as much time selecting my reading matter as I did clothes....
So, there I was last weekend, badly needing a break from querying and revising and editing, when a silly idea for a...
I never know when an image will strike me, or when I will smell something that sends me down long-forgotten mental...