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...

Sometimes poetry is just silly and fun. And sometimes blogposts should be that too! This poem is based on a prompt. Basically, write a...

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...

Are you familiar with the following poem? How does it make you feel? Even though Rewriting Adam is a novel, I wanted to incorporate my...

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...

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:...

About five years ago, I decided to write down everything I could remember of our two years in the Philippines from 1992-1994. Even though...

"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.

Snippets of life as a novelist working toward publishing my first novel. I have been working on a novel titled Rewriting Adam for the...