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As a mystery-thriller writer, I try and read as much in the genre as I can. Humbly, I must say that I had never read any Dean Koontz,...

I admit, perhaps too proudly, that I have recently developed a heightened interest in Charles Dickens. Only a month ago, my last blog...

We all know C.S. Lewis was a genius, but we forget that while he wrote with such intellectual and cerebral force, that much of the...

We've all heard the famous opening lines from this book, and that's precisely why I'm not opening my blog post with them. As famous as...

As cliched as it sounds, I want to be a writer--specifically, a kind of mystery/suspense/thriller/contemporary fiction with a dash a...

For several years, I taught at a public school. As you can imagine, it's assumed that Christianity--and God for that matter--is not...

Many of you may be wondering why I am reading a Halloween book for Christmas. Sadly, I started this book back in October for my...

Any classroom teacher will tell you that they want their students to succeed. It's true, even the narcissists (and trust me, there are...

If you're a writer, particularly one of short stories, you're probably already aware that it's not the most marketable of writing. After...

I was given this book for my birthday or Christmas this past year, and I was interested in it to explore what a popular (and supposedly...

So I mentioned that I would read a political commentary by someone who's political views are opposite of mine. While I found the book...

Even though it was Easter Sunday, I did not go to church. I couldn't. Well, perhaps I could have, but I wasn't sure it was a good idea....

In 1990 or 1991, my mother sat in our family room on a late Friday night, poring over a small paperback, eyes intently focused on every...

Although it's been a crazy year since my wife and I picked up and moved 1600 miles away from the comfortable confines of our 95 year-old...

Don't tell me a story right now, just write. Good advice not only for this blog, but for any writer struggling to get ideas out. Notice...

Staying disciplined to write is never easy. In fact, it can be downright torturous. Personally, even though it's what I love to do, I...

Almost a year and a half ago, my wife went for a job interview in Roseville, California. Yes, California. Like, left-coast, backwards,...

As most of us know, the burgeoning enterprise of science during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth-century brought forth many...

I know a lot of writers who, when reflecting on their writing, ask themselves, "well, how do I know if I'm writing well?" It's always a...

Quarantine Reading Book 1: C.S. Lewis's On Stories. I picked up this book of essays about seven or eight months ago, started reading it...