New Story for a Famous Title: JUDE THE OBSCURE
The true story of Jesus's jealous brother is discovered In modern day, archaeologists find some ancient scrolls and turn them over to a...
New Story for a Famous Title: THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE
A classic tale of Beauty and the Beast and the other Beast Though the town's beloved Dr. Joseph Jekyll might smile, the woman who loves...
New Story for a Famous Title: SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE
A blind girl becomes the moral guide for a government killer In this series, I create synopses for new stories based on the titles of...
Writing an Unbiased News Article
It's possible to stay objective when reporting the news In 21st-century America, we the people insist we want our news presented...
Out of the Darkness
According to Benedicte Page of The Guardian, writing is on the top-ten list of vocations in which people are the most likely to suffer...
Resolutions
I didn't want to create a New Year's post that would only be good for the holiday, but I've always been a bit intrigued with New Year's...
Grab Hold of Your Tale
I'm a man of my word. Or words, actually, because I'm a writer. My preference is for putting English-language scribbles down on paper and...
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...
Saviors of a Lost Art
Until now, all of my blog posts have been done with zero research, only what was already in my head. That's one of the great things about...
Building a House of Words
When I taught English to middle schoolers, every unit (or quarter) involved several writing pieces, usually essays but also a couple of...
