This quick scene about sisterhood still packs an emotional punch.

Book banning hurts us all, especially readers from marginalized communities who lack access to stories that reflect their reality.

When you can't help but laugh ...

Well, it's finally happened. I thought I'd escaped it, but apparently I haven't. It caught up with me just when things quieted down a...

"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...

New lyrics to an old favorite song ... it was a great way to pass the time.

Can you picture it? Probably not if the author doesn't give you anything to go on. But how much is too much?

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.