Old fashioned book burning
A Baptist Church in Canton, NC, is hosting a good old-fashioned "Halloween book burning" to purge the area of Satan's works, including all non-King James Bible versions, popular books by…
Death is not a deterrent
Whenever I speak about my book at a bookstore or library, I always encourage my audience members to begin writing. I tell them that anyone can write if they apply…
Out of print but still in demand
BookFinder.com tracks America's most sought-after out-of-print titles and updates their list annually. It’s an interesting list, usually populated by previously unheard-of books, but occasionally you find something interesting. This year’s…
Bad day
Not a bad day. I had a rotten day today. It began as one of those days when I only wanted to stay home and play with my eight-month-old daughter.…
Okay. Maybe there was one more youthful indiscretion
No sooner had I declared what I thought was my one criminal act than a friend reminded me of another youthful indiscretion. Again, this is not at the same level…
My crime-riddled past
This afternoon, I spoke at a local retirement community, discussing Something Missing and the process by which the novel was written. I read a bit from the book, talked about…
Revelation!
Two minutes after posting about Herpes, a deleted character from Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, I was told by my buddy, Shep, that Veruca Salt (another character from…
Characters named after electronic device addiction and sexually transmitted diseases
Years ago, I read my students Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. It was the third year that I had read the book to one of my classes, and having grown…
BEST FLAG EVER
Have you ever seen a flag better than that of the Benin Empire?
Deep thoughts
I found myself in a conversation yesterday while standing outside a Barnes and Noble bookstore, about the essence of joy as it pertains to the admittedly illogical but unavoidable feeling…
