I have encouraged you readers to enter contests to sharpen your skills and resolve. Here is my latest attempt to put my money where my mouth is. There were 13 categories to enter in the… Read More>>

Are your characters ever wrong?             Everyone says you need conflict to move and engage the reader. Most of us create conflict through a bad guy or a bad situation. But if you really want… Read More>>

I have suggested there are stories in the sidelines of history. Here’s one of mine.    Watching by Night By Rick Taylor “Wake up, Marius! You are the soundest sleeper in the Legion! Look! Come… Read More>>

Back in the 60’s one of my journalism professors asked, “When is it appropriate to mention the race of a person involved in a story?” Hmmm… Traffic accident? No. School board protest? No…unless it is… Read More>>

Mark Twain was a journalist before he was a novelist.  He wrote short stories before he wrote novels.  It is fun read the first chapter of Tom Sawyer knowing he started it to be a… Read More>>