Back from the road trip to West Virginia last Saturday, my grandson went back home today. So many hellos and goodbyes in these past two...

I try to never forget how lucky I am to live where I live, but to be honest, sometimes I let other things crowd my mind and I don't truly...

I spent most of yesterday at the National World War II museum in New Orleans. It is an amazing facility, far more than you can see in a...

I haven't posted lately because I have been on a road trip. Cecil's grandson and I went to visit family in West Virginia. It was a...

I am training for the St. Jude Half Marathon in Memphis, TN on December 2, 2023. I am doing the half marathon in honor of Cecil. I have...

Cecil's wallet and phone sit on his nightstand. His watch and wedding ring on his desk. His clothes hang in the closet, and rest neatly...

Before I actually started writing books, the idea of writing a book was much different than it is today. Back then, I thought I would...

No matter how many times I get an idea for a new story, it is super exciting. The stories don't always evolve the way I initially...

What an interesting journey writing my stories has been. When I started, I thought that I would have a plot, and some characters. A...

When I told my friend Pierre I was going to write books when I retired, he told me that every good story needs a princess and a dragon. ...

When I retired and started writing, the plan was to start in the past with a historical novel, and then progress through time to present...

While I was walking this morning, I was thinking about how much my books have changed from my original ideas to the reality they are. I...

In the immortal words of John Lennon and Paul McCartney: "All the lonely people Where do they all come from? All the lonely people Where...

I ordered author copies of all of my books so that I could use them in advertising and on my business cards. When they arrived, I was...

I have been thinking about time lately. In my first historical novel, the story spans a couple of months, with an epilogue a year after...

Grief is a highly personal journey - it has no map, it has no order, it has no predictability. I am overwhelmingly sad. I can escape...

I had what I thought was a good idea for marketing my books. Since my books are Christian fiction, I thought if I went to church fairs...

I don't know if it is a universal feeling, or just something I feel, but all of my life I have had moments where I felt like a misfit. ...

When I started writing my books, I also started a blog. Actually, several blogs, and they all died out from lack of care and feeding. ...

I've been at this business of writing books for more than nine years, and I have nine books published, plus a serial novel on Kindle...