Names are important. We'll get to that. Last week I did something that I'd never done before. No, I didn't go bungee jumping or sky...

What would you consider to be the opposite of hope? Well, you could say hopelessness but that's not really a fair answer. So I ask again,...

As a newbie author, I'm not a fan of marketing. Yesterday I had an especially bad day with it. Part of me felt like I was being thrown...

I recently had a discussion with my brother-in-law who'd just finished reading my novel. He said he loved all the poetry I incorporated,...

Another quote from my novel, followed by the excerpt: Ethan lifted his chin at the glowing orb. “I always preferred moonlight.” “Hmm. Why...

In Roman mythology, Janus is the god of doors, transitions, and new beginnings. In chapter one of my novel, Rewriting Adam, Janus bursts...

In my granddaughter's mindfulness to the sound of an airplane in the sky, I realized something else. And that is, how important sound is...

99,468. Does that number mean anything to you? How about if I told you that's the number of words in my novel. Does that mean anything to...

Here's my second video leading up to the cover reveal of my novel, Rewriting Adam. This is my first interview video with Gary Horsman...

It's been a rough month for me. How about for you? Dear Reader/Follower. I must apologize. I've been pretty quiet on social media of any...

Putao. Where in the world is that? And why am I writing about it? Does this map help you? Or maybe these names will give you more clue:...

I'll be the first to admit that I'm NOT technologically savvy. Up until now, I've done pretty well at learning the basics. But what I've...

"It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen." George Orwell, 1984. The novel that brought us "Big Brother,"...

"All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." Thus begins Leo Tolstoy's novel, Anna Karenina (transl....

A novel's opening line. I've never been happy with mine. And so I've been reworking the opening scene to make it better. How do I improve...

That fall, in a fiction-writing course, I wrote the first five chapters of a novel.