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Why Write a Book Review

I’m going to discuss the importance of reviews to writer and reader. Importance to Readers and Writers They must be important to readers because so many authors depend upon getting them which, in turn, means readers buying…

Do You Write to Music?

Write to music? I play music all day long in my studio. Instrumental only. I am constantly up and down while writing on my computer: articles, scenes from my next book, editing the present novel. Or designing…

Are You One of Us?

A Sixty-Year-Old Secret Shared Actually, this secret is older than that, since I’m now seventy-nine. I even kept it hidden from myself. That’s what we do when certain things might be nothing but trouble for us. No…

Writing Diversity

I’m an explorer of places and people. Therefore, I began by reading books by and about diverse writers.

Embracing Creativity at 79

In a world that often glorifies youth and new beginnings, a 79-year-old writer embarking on an ambitious creative endeavor might seem unusual.

Review of Hardland

What I love most about this novel is that nothing is as simple as it appears, and the author sticks with reality along with plenty of suspense, as well as a little tender snaring of one’s heart.

Forgotten 19th Century East Texas

This journey became an immersive exploration of 19th century EastTexas, bringing to life the rich history of the region.

Pros and Cons of Creative AI

Striking a balance between using AI as a creative tool and preserving human ingenuity and individuality remains an ongoing challenge.

What Does Pride Mean?

Let’s discuss the word, pride, and what it means to me as a writer.

Ups and Downs of a Writer

I would rather write than do all this other stuff—marketing, platform, etc.

First Write for Yourself

Do try writing your story in your own words though. Break a few pencils, crayons, whatever. Tear pages. Get. It. Out. That is what is most important.

Austin’s Old Three Hundred

The two main families in my historical novel are members of those southerners who settled along or near the Brazos River in the early 1800s.

Why I Wrote the Texian Trilogy

I wrote the Texian Trilogy for several reasons.

Life is Grand, Yet Underneath . . .

San Juan Mountains in the fall, near Silverton, Colorado.

Family Secrets

We can even keep secrets from ourselves.

What Has Become of Paradise?

What became of paradise?

Love Games Waste Your Time

Say what you mean and mean what you say. Let a person know who you truly are. That is intimacy.

Step Through Your Fear

It’s those little fears we all face nearly every day that are so easy to deny that bring us down, decision by decision.

The Value in All Things

By having so much less, I valued what I had so much more.

Puberty—A Search for Meaning

Puberty began a search for meaning in my life. I think most people round this age begin to examine the same question.

Gotta Have a Dream

I wanted to live an adventurous life, no matter the risks. I wanted to experience what I read about in books. That dream was a major part of what enabled me to get past what I…

Find Joy Where You Can

We found escape and joy wherever we could: in books, imagination, music, food, arts, nature, and holidays.

For the Sanity of Our World

A report of child abuse is made every ten seconds in the United States.

Letting Difficult Decisions Slide By

I don’t think he planned ahead on separating us from everyone he trusted. He just did it. One person at a time. That is what perpetrators do.

Nature is my Refuge

Nature is so big, so grand, so all-encompassing, that Dad seemed puny compared to it. As did my problems.

Integrity and Morality are not Related to Birth or Wealth

I have since learned that integrity and morality have little to do with which side of the tracks one was born on.

Kids Need Truth to Balance Imagination

My world and my sister’s world became one of constant anxiety. Except when Dad was out of the house . . . gone.

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