Best Used Bookstore EVER: McKay’s
A couple of years before we moved from Alabama in 2007, we accidentally stumbled upon McKay’s Bookstore in Chattanooga, Tennessee. I’d never seen a bookstore the size of a college Read More …
Category: Inspiration
The Hardest Part of Visiting Pleasant Hill
After driving around the area where I lived during my youth, I drove toward Old Hwy 35 along the brow road. The sky was heavy with gray clouds, cold, and Read More …
Revisions/Updates/Rebranding
Usually, the more one writes, the better one’s writing becomes. At least, one’s writing should improve. In practice, if writers strive to hone and improve their vocabulary, grammar, and use Read More …
The Chapters of Life
Not all chapters in our lives are long. Some are short. Of course, not every chapter ends well or satisfactory. They can be painfully long, dark, and hopeless. Whether it’s Read More …
Good Ol’ Boys Like Me
Don Williams’ hit continuously played on the radio in early 1980, and hit #2 on the Billboard Charts. This song floods my mind with memories from that year, as it Read More …
Blizzard of ’93
At the time of the ‘Storm of the Century’ blizzard in 1993, my wife and I were both students at Berea College in Berea, Kentucky. Being college students, we didn’t Read More …
Ever Gentle on my Mind
Some of my earliest memories are the countless hours on the highways and backroads traveling as our father drove to satisfy his curiosity (my guess, at least) by seeing places Read More …
A Well-deserved Vacation … From Everything
For almost a week, we vacationed at Virginia Beach. Usually, I take my computer to keep up with what’s going on Facebook, Twitter, etc., but with all the turmoil occurring Read More …
“You Can’t Please Everyone…
So ya gotta please yourself,” from the famous chorus of Rick Nelson’s “Garden Party”. With today’s social media, it doesn’t matter what the topic for discussion is. A division quickly Read More …
The Deimos Virus (Re-released) Behind the Scenes
The Deimos Virus was the most difficult novel I’ve written. From concept to finished product was a fourteen year timespan. The story required a lot of research on my part Read More …