For a writer, I believe reading is just as important as sitting down and filling a blank screen. Reading before bed is so engrained into...

I came across an article about Rosie the Riveter and the real-life person who was the inspiration for the iconic image. One article...

Take Me Out To The Ballgame We all know the song. Take me out to the ball game, Take me out with the crowd; Buy me some peanuts and...

Hurricane comes from the Taino (indigenous people of the Caribbean and Florida) word Hurican, the Carib Indian god of evil. When the...

Around October and November, the third most consumed commodity is harvested. After the grains of rice have been threshed, what is left is...

Make Glorious, Amazing Mistakes. Make Mistakes Nobody's Ever Made Before. Don't Freeze, Don't Stop, Don't Worry That It Isn't Good...

I came across a conversation Arthur C. Clarke and Buzz Aldrin had. In that talk, Sir Clarke is fond of quoting his friend Larry Niven who...

The beginning of the New Year can be a good time to think about your writing and what you want to accomplish from it. New Year...

Charles Dickens once wrote in his novel A Tale of Two Cities, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…” But this is only...

Over the centuries, the appearance of Christmas has changed. The way it is celebrated and not celebrated. The reason for the season has...