Writ with Wit
Q: What do you call it when a woman in labor yells, "Couldn't, wouldn't, shouldn't, didn't, can't!"? A: Having contractions....
Artistic License to Kill
The arts have been misrepresenting history for as long as there has been history or the arts. Some people might say, "Well, history is...
The Magic Influence of Fairy Tales
A shelf on one of the groaning bookcases in my home library is packed with hardcover books collecting fairy tales, folktales, myths, and...
The Past is What You Make of It
If you read the post What I Don't Know Could Fill a Book, you probably inferred that I'm partial to stories set in the past, and you...
Where Do You Get Your Ideas?
The title question is something writers hear a lot. When I was a kid and let my friends and classmates read my stories, they'd often...
Words' Worth
"A picture's worth a thousand words." A very famous saying, and quite true. It's one of the major reasons I love comic books: their...
How to Write in 3 Easy Steps!
For most of my life, my dream had been to be a freelance writer. Oh, other ambitions and interests snuck in, and I did try other things....
