"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans." -- attributed to, among others, John Lennon (in "Beautiful Boy")...

Before he passed away a few years ago, I visited my 90-year-old great-uncle once a week in his assisted living apartment. He was at that...

People either love'em or hate'em ... plus cliffhangers definitely have their place in literature.

How I create character names ... and why "search and replace" can be truly dangerous.