As I sat down to my computer this morning, with coffee in hand, the name Dorian Gray popped into my head. How very odd, I thought. I really have no idea how it got there. I most certainly haven't read the book, The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar...

Well, it's been a rough journey so far and I'm onl

As an aspiring writer, I have, over the years, collected several books on writing and a fair amount of links to writing tools that are available on the Internet. Since most of my readers are writers, I thought it might be helpful to share some of my...

I don't want to beat the notion to death, so this is the last time I'll mention it, but I have been having a really good time writing at the library lately. Now, I know I'm not that old in comparison to the average life span and all, but back in my...

November is known by many writers as the birth month of first drafts. National Novel Writing Month has always seemed like a very fun -- if not stressful -- idea to me. While I have often weighed the benefits of joining in, I've ended up skipping out...