A Field of Mushrooms
We have been making fantasy dungeon terrain for over a year now. Our grandson has fun exploring through the caverns with his little warriors. He uses his imagination quite well Read More …
Category: The Writing Process
If You Could Go Back in Time …
What would you change? About ten years after I graduated from Plainview, I ran into an old friend of mine from school. We shared briefly some of the ordeals we’d Read More …
Stephen King Moments
Every now and then, I have eerie encounters that I consider “Stephen King Moments”, as though I might have stepped through some portal into the landscape of one of his Read More …
Bullies
When I entered seventh grade, the final stage was set for my parents’ divorce. I had known it was coming. I listened to their heated arguments every night when our Read More …
Mental Scars
Long after physical abuse has ended during childhood, the mental scars remain. Physical bruises heal and fade away. The memories of those incidents, however, are often carried throughout life. When Read More …
If You Could Be …
Various book bloggers have interviewed me over the years. Here’s a question commonly asked, “If you could be any author in the world, who would you be?” My reply has Read More …
Reedsy.com: My Not So Pleasant Experience
One week ago, I received an email from a ‘community manager’ at Reedsy.com, which stated: Hi Leonard, I’m the Community Manager at Reedsy. Emmanuel, our CEO, came across your profile Read More …
Having Someone Who Believes In You
This year, 2019, my 18th book will be released. When my first novel, Predators of Darkness, was published in 2007, I didn’t know if a second novel would emerge, simply Read More …
Throwback Thursday: Fort Payne vs. Plainview
The first time our basketball team played Fort Payne High School was an experience I use today to inspire others to work hard, even when the odds don’t seem to Read More …
Editing, Revisions, Oh My!
One thing I tell my English college students is: “Great writing comes through revisions and editing. Revisions are key and necessary.” A first draft is never great quality. It’s shouldn’t Read More …