On Lord Byron, Vampires, and Big Headed Writers

If you run in the same Facebook circles I do, you’ve probably seen an image of Lord Byron with the words, “If I don’t write to empty my mind I go mad.” More than one writer, it seems, identifies with Lord Byron’s words. I understand the sentiment to a certain extent but wonder if we writers [...]

On Writng and Life: There is a Time for Everything.

The preacher was right when he said in Ecclesiastes, there is a time for everything. Take the very first novel I completed. First, a violent storm in my personal life and then a storm by the name of Hurricane Ivan left me, my family, and our city devastated. But all was not lost. The citizens [...]

A Life Interrupted by Illness

Did anyone ever tell you, “Be careful what you wish for or you may get it?” A few years ago, I stared at the wall  and wondered what it would be like to be able to write all the time. I complained to God how I had all these stories and no time to tell [...]