"An aged man is but a paltry thing,A tattered coat upon a stick, unlessSoul clap its hands and sing, and louder sing"--Excerpt--Sailing to Byzantium --KeatsI have in fact sailed to Byzantium. I'm at a new locale across the state where we're temporari...

"How dull it is to pause, to make an end,To rust unburnish’d, not to shine in use!"--"Ulysses" --TennysonThe sentiment above is true, but Bugs in the System has reached an end, and it's not dull. It's action-packed and heavily stacked with excitement...

"I am a part of all that I have met; Yet all experience is an arch wherethro’ Gleams that untravell’d world whose margin fades For ever and forever when I move."--"Ulysses" - TennysonDo you have a favorite line from that poem? If so, let me know.It's...

"We hope that, when insects take over the world, they will remember with gratitude how we took them along on all our picnics." -- Bill VaughnThat's not happening in the bugmageddon novel. Those insects have no gratitute. Here's an excerpt from the fi...

Things are somewhat turbulent in my neck of the woods with the primary election happening in a few days. I won't give the particulars, but depending on the outcome of a local contest my day job may be coming to an end. Big changes could be just aroun...

CORRECTED LINK NOTED BELOWI haven't got the winning flash fiction stories posted to my website yet, but it will happen soon. There may be one winner who hasn't approved posting yet.Let me pass on a tip from my presentation on forging unforgettable st...

I haven't got the winning flash fiction stories posted to my website yet, but it will happen soon. There may be one winner who hasn't approved posting yet.Let me pass on a tip from my presentation on forging unforgettable stories: Get to the trauma (...

The team has voted and the winner and runners up of the flash fiction contest are named farther down. First, take a look at this:I've got a story in this one, along with some other fine authors who are probably better known than am I. That cover call...

I know it's April Fool's day, but there's no foolin' in this letter. I believe it's also Debbie Reynolds' birthday. My grandfather and a granddaughter also have birthday's today.I saw a friendly face at the DMV. Actually, they were all friendly--it's...

Every week I'm adding to my presentation on Forging Unforgettable Stories with my three so-called secret elements of literary alchemy. Even if I don't present it, it's a worthwhile exercise in identifying important story elements and ways to think ab...