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Outlining is one of the things I hate most about writing. I usually like to “pants” my writing – fly by the seat of my pants and see what comes out of my mind and spills onto the page. But when it comes to writing something that’s novel length, and you need to make...

Happy Veteran’s Day! Veteran’s Day is an important day on the U.S. calendar. Unlike the 4th of July when we celebrate our independence, Veteran’s Day is one of the holidays that pays tribute to the men and women still with us who have sacrificed their lives and energy...

My debut novel, still due out in the first quarter of next year, has taken another step toward completion. I’ve sent it off to a group of beta readers. What is a beta reader? They are the next set of eyes that read through the story after it’s been written and...

Happy Halloween everyone! I hope your night is full of ghoulish fun and lots of treats! Halloween isn’t the commercialized Halloween of today. It has a long and storied history, dating back over 2,000 years. It was derived from the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain...

I've written a lot about how it's my son's senior year of high school. There have been firsts - filling out his first college application to getting that first college acceptance. But the firsts will undoubtedly outshine the lasts. Like his last fall stage show. But...

I don’t know what anyone is going to get out of me writing this blog. I’m just a stay at home dad who loves his son. He’s a teenager, so of course he’s bound to do some stupid things now and again. He and his best friend Jay, who is like another son to me, recently...