Excerpt: The Good Luck Knot
Jordan tapped the metal Tibetan singing bowl with the wood handle. A hum traveled into the low lit desert before…
Electronic Communications: Blessing or Curse?
How can you foster productive relationships in one-way electronic communications, so popular now?
21st Century Trolls
21st Century Trolls
What is it with certain people who get their kicks out of being totally nasty to others? Since…
Book Introduction: A New Dawn
A New Dawn is the first volume of the Guardian's Chronicles and sets the pace for a gripping epic that will…
Help! New Writers Needed
What happened to a good story? A good plot? Where have all the good writers gone?
Love Rewarded
It was night, not pleasant, not bad, She waited for her gayest lad, For it was him who she cared about, For he was…
Friendly, Active Listening
Asking people if they are good listeners is like asking them if they are good drivers. You likely have heard the…
A Year in the Life of an Author
A Year in the Life of an Author: This month sees a lot of anniversaries for me. In the last year, my life has…
El Aire del Valle
On the Sesquicentennial Anniversary of Cinco de Mayo - A not so brief introduction:
Why would anyone celebrate…
Why I Don’t Vote
They had an election in Ontario recently. True to form, the phone calls came. All the major political parties…
Boiled Clothes
My legs stretched out, watching watching Grandma boil clothes.
Angular Trifecta 27: A.T. al Fine
A.T. al Fine: Inner Corridor - Operatic soundtracks were built for times like this.
As if the composer had posted…
Confusion in Grace
Confusion in Grace
I am confusion
illusion, grace challenged
perplexed in situations
I face feeling like…
The Power of a Story
I've been writing a long time, actually full-time since 1991. My primary focus has always been fiction because it…
A Loveless Adopted Mother
An Adoptee's life with a loveless Adopted Mother:
It was me ma
You called dead chicken
When you brought me…