The Written Word Still Has Value in the Video Age

Posted 6/13/2025

  The Information Age did not begin with the invention of the digital computer in 1938.  It began with the invention of the printing press in 1440.  Since then, the written word has had a huge impact on human history.  It has survived the rise of electronic communications centuries later which began with the telegraph in… Read More

My Unexpected Journey to a Side Hustle

Posted 2/2/2025

A writer’s conference I am a member of and whose meeting I sometimes go to, posts monthly interviews of members.  Among the many questions they ask is what their day job is if they do something besides writing.  The percentage of authors who can rely solely on writing for income is well below one percent… Read More

Costa Rica: An Adventure of a Lifetime

Posted 4/25/2025

Life is not a rehearsal.  It is not even a dress rehearsal.  It is acting live on stage.  I don’t get to redo the scene in which I had an opportunity to go to Costa Rica while in college many years ago but instead went to Great Britain again (I had already been there with…Read More