I used to keep childhood Christmas things, thinking my children would want them someday when they had their own lives, houses, and...

Dear Readers, I've been busy this summer editing Love Letters From Appalachia and writing short stories both for my blog and for a...

My dear readers, Next month, I'll be as old as my parents were when they died and they died young. I've always wondered if the sins of...

Dear Readers, It's easy to believe that if you follow the rules, stay at home, go out only when necessary and wash your hands until your...

I don't know a lot of writers, though I've met several through social media and one or two in person. Writing for me is always easy, but...

I'd like to give a shout out and the link to this year's Publix Thanksgiving commercial. I love their holiday commercials. They're so...

My Christmas story this year isn't about Christmas, though it occurs during that time. It's about love, life, loneliness, second chances,...

Dear readers, Here's a short excerpt from "Love Letters From Appalachia," to get you out of your pandemic head and into the head of my...

My winning short story on Short Fiction Break is on the front page today! If you haven't had a chance to read The Talisman, I hope you'll...

As a new writer, at least a new writer of fiction, the hardest thing I find about being an author is not the actually putting words to...

Short Fiction Break www.shortfictionbreak.com has the rights to my entire short story until January of 2021, but to give you a peek to...

My short story, The Talisman, has won honorable mention in Short Fiction Break's Fall 2020 Writing Contest! I'm very excited to have...

Congratulations to Rashmi Menon who wrote a short story for The Write Practice Short Fiction Break contest this fall! Rashmi's story is...

One of the things writers can and often do for others is read their new books and review them. I am a participating member of The Write...

One of the hardest things to do as a writer, other than editing your work, is continuing to write on other projects while you edit your...

If you look carefully at the book on the last page of my website, the traditional words to the hymn "Be Thou My Vision" are written...

My first short story, The Talisman, has been published on Short Fiction Break. The link is below. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as...

Well, I've finally gotten myself together and have published this website so I can begin letting my friends and others know about my...