Recently, I had the privilege of watching the 87-year-old movie Gone with the Wind. In some ways, it was a lot better than what I had been expecting. In others, it was disappointing. Without a doubt, though, I'm very glad that I watched it. I'l...

Those of you on my email list have heard me discussing my newest writing project, one that I feel has a lot of potential. As of this post, I am about 28K words in, and I am really starting to enjoy the characters and plot. I have passed the initial b...

This post is two weeks late, but if you can believe it (I can't!) I recently celebrated my two-year blogging anniversary. To be honest, "celebrated" sounds so much more exciting than what really happened. What really happened is that I realized it ha...

With the writing of this post, I began to realize a couple things about my picture-sharing methods. First of all, it is very often; I appear to be a very visual person. I love to share and receive pictures, so you'll probably get more than you asked...

Eight Below is an exciting, heart-warming movie loosely based on a true Antarctic tale. The story follows Jerry Shepherd (Paul Walker) as he tries desperately to get back to Antarctica so he can rescue his eight sled dogs who were abandoned in an eme...

It’s a thousand pages, give or take a few I’ll be writing more in a week or two I can make it longer if you like the style I can change it ‘round and I want to be a paperback writer. Paperback writer."      These few lines in the Beatles’ “Paperback...

It's hard to believe it's been exactly a year since I published "My Top Ten Movies of 2024" . I watched a lot of movies this year. I watched movies like Frozen  that, yes, I had never seen before, and How to Train your Dragon: Live Action  that was t...

Similar to other seasonal posts, I have another blog tag challenge for this winter/Christmas time! I'm super excited to share this, and I hope you enjoy reading it just as much as I enjoyed thinking about the answers and filling them out. You can rea...

Recently, (and I hope to your great delight) I read a few of my very oldest stories to my siblings. I say stories because in an hour or less, there was time for a great many of them. A full story was about 800 words (usually fewer)---half of what I...

Today, I'm excited to welcome a fellow young writer to my blog! When Christopher approached me about writing this article, following the publication of my Beowulf in the Lord of the Rings , I was happy to accept. The article was enlightening, and I...