Fifteen years after my first book was published, I just received my first royalty check from my publisher, Rowman & Littlefield. This...

Unphased or unfazed? Orientated or oriented? Amused or bemused? Or just plain confused? For most writers not named Daniel Webster, it’s...

Seems like every other night, I’ll wake up at about 3:30 a.m., stumble down the hallway into the kitchen, and snap open a cold can of San...

We're stumbling around in a post-Covid world now, and even though people are still dying every day from the virus, social and political...

Okay, technically not all of my books, as I've done second editions of a couple of them. But these five titles represent the all the...

You think you’re a pretty good writer? Try writing a song. A good friend just shared the news about John Prine’s death. The last thing I...

It’s Saturday morning. For freelancers like me, the day of the week has less of a bearing on my work cycle than it does for...

I was up before dawn today. I quietly dressed while Shannon slept, then I slipped out the front door, startling a deer that had bedded...

Any fan of Princess Bride knows the rest of the quote: “I do not think it means what you think it means.” I know I’ve been busted from...

I read occasionally in a review, “The writing sings.” What does that mean? Did the author write a song? Does every line use the same...

"Whether you write for a living or you have to string together words and phrases as part of your job, we all write."

You have to interview someone. For most of us, it's an intimidating prospect, about as appealing as doing your taxes. But there's one...