I live in North Carolina. It's a very temperate place. Even in winter, I don't expect much of what the rest of the country thinks ...

I didn't exactly make New Year's Resolutions this year, but there is a new habit I'm trying to build. I want to read like a writ...

My mother tells me that the first car she drove when I was a baby was a '62 Dodge Dart, but I don't remember that car, not even f...

My Uncle Don died recently. Actually, it's probably the third or fourth time that he died, but this time he meant it. Another of my ...

The smallest place I ever lived was Kenny Lake, Alaska, population 400. I taught in a school of 100 children, grades K-12. My Spanish c...

Having just finished a big rewrite, I'm having a little trouble making myself focus on my new WIP, so here's a bit of Flash Fict...

I spent December rewriting my novel, Going Through the Change . It's at a publisher's right now, being considered (they asked for th...