I lie awake in the darkness The only light comes from within The world tries to turn me out But they have no clue where I’ve been. I try to shut you out Lock the door Throw away the key. But you always manage To creep inside The walls that have protected me. Ravaging my… Continue reading Shut You Out

Hey everyone and Happy Sunday. Well, I guess the title pretty much gave away what I’m about to announce. But this will be my last blog entry for a very long time. After today you will not hear from me in this capacity until I feel that I am ready to return to blogging, if… Continue reading Goodbye for Now

Hey everyone and Happy Sunday. This year has been one of the worst years we’ve seen in a long time. And it’s been especially difficult for me on a personal level for reasons I’d rather keep to myself. There has been so much tension and fear over the coronavirus, the rioting, a messy, mudslinging election,… Continue reading Are the Holidays Worth Celebrating In 2020?

Hey everyone… It’s been a productive week and the new book is still moving forward. When I write novels, I always use Microsoft Word but now and then I get this surge to try something new. Wednesday I came across a website that talked about some new writing software that looked promising. There was one… Continue reading My Review of a New Writing Software Called Papyrus Author Pro

Hey everyone. Happy Sunday to all of you. I’m going to let you in on a little secret about my book preferences that may shock you. My favorite books to read are not fiction. Instead, they are non-fiction. Well, at least that’s how it’s been for the past ten years. Back in 2012, I started… Continue reading My Favorite Types of Books

Hey there and Happy Sunday to all. This week I celebrated my birthday but will refrain from telling you how old I am. How about I just tell you how old I feel. Nah maybe that’s not a good idea either. Maybe we should just get down to business, shall we? I noticed that a… Continue reading Does Where You Write Have an Impact on How You Write?

When I was attending Columbia College in my early twenties, I majored in Marketing Communications with a major concentration in Advertising. I took some classes in copywriting but I didn’t enjoy it as much as I did the fiction writing class. To this day I am glad that I took that class. The class consisted… Continue reading Fiction Writing Classes vs Online Writing Courses

I used to think that the scariest day of my life was the day that I found out my father died. When he died, I instantly became the leader of a family who needed help. It was a role I never wanted but had to accept. Recently I found out that I was wrong. That… Continue reading When things Come Crashing Down

Hey everyone. Happy Labor Day Weekend! It’s a three-day weekend for me and I plan to give my current work in progress lots of attention. I am exhausted from the problems of the week and wish I could take another vacation but that’s not in the cards at the moment. So here is just an… Continue reading Book Update

Hey everyone… There has been so much talk about race lately with the Black Lives Matter movement in full swing and the protests happening all over the world. It got me to wondering about race in literature and just how socially conscious writers have to be when we create a novel. Should we pay close… Continue reading The Importance of Race in Today’s Literature