Call it What You Want, but ...
I'll be the first to admit, I'm a simple guy. I like very basic things, especially in the food department. Meat. That is my specialty....
Take Two of These, and Call Your Bookie
You know how there are jillions of pharmaceutical ads on the TV these days. The only thing I find interesting about these commercials is...
Yes Ma'am, Right Away Ma'am.
My recent rants about Lady Luck and Karma got me to thinking. The best of the world's mystical, mythical, and all-powerful forces are all...
Flying Sasquatch Airlines
I hate to fly. Actually that's not true. It's airports and other travelers that I despise. The flying and getting there quick are the...
The Other White Meat
What makes a writer? I once heard an agents say, "Anyone under the age of thirty-five should attempt to write fiction. " Now this was a...
Boxers or Briefs
I do the vast majority of my writing late when my two boys are either asleep or at school, and I started this endeavor when the oldest...
R.I.P & Kiss My ...
Write like your momma is dead. This was one of the first pieces of advice Jodi Thomas gave me back in the very first creative writing...
Put That Shoe On!
Most of us struggling writers have at some point gotten a rejection and thought something along the lines of, What the hell do THEY know....
I'm All In
So there I was yesterday playing in a Texas Hold 'Em Poker tournament with the slowest bunch of players I've ever encountered. And as...
Paying for Your Raisin'
I've decided that writing a novel is a whole lot like becoming a parent. As I get serious on my, as- yet-untitled fourth novel, I am...
