“Your greatness is revealed not by the lights that shine upon you, but by the light that shines within you.” Ray Davis This is one of […]

“The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who helped you.” John E. Southard It’s true. I haven’t blogged in some […]

We Are Now Entering:  That Grateful Time of Year   I’ll bet you noticed it too. It starts on the Thanksgiving holiday. People are happier. They […]

The entire experience of publishing a book is non-stop learning. Some things are fun to learn and some are disappointing. However, there is one part that […]

The Archbishop for Santa Fe, John Wester, had an interesting take on baseball. He observed when a baseball player takes a swing, he runs around the […]

It’s fun to learn something new. Not all the steps are guaranteed to be fun but getting there at the end is the stuff of pride. […]

Creating Conflict   One of the authors that taught me how to be an author wrote that conflict needed to be on every page. All right, […]

Always at the forefront of an author’s mind – the reader   Any time I’ve committed myself to something, I’ve always wanted to do it well. […]

Give Yourself Some Credit   I decided to write a book. Naturally, the first step was education. Classes, books, articles – I sponged it all in. […]

The Power of Flowers When we see a flower, we don’t think of strength. Yet its simple splendor implants itself in our soul and invigorates us. […]

Keep on Writing…How?   You have to go to work. You have to work out. You have to clean the house. You have to pay the […]

I know the feeling. It’s like an itch. A story keeps flaring up, it wants to burst forth into the world. And only you can make […]

I wanted to write something positive, hopeful, and inspirational. So I wrote a story about murder. It all started in 1995.  I went on a bike […]