I promise not everything in writing comes from small children, or my niece and nephew – but it does come from what you’re experiencing and what is important to you. And those two certainly top my list.

My nephew is in love with apples currently. Now don’t get me wrong, he and his sister are bananas over bananas too, but he can finally say apples. And he’s been saying it over, and over.

And over.

It’s his favorite word at the moment, and even when I’m not around them, I can’t ...

Stories have the mission of taking readers to other worlds, be they in a different time, galaxy or just down the block. A writer’s burden is to create these worlds, fill them with characters and prod them into life.

Easier said than done.

If you have read a book and thought that if was something that can easily been created, heck you can do it better! Well, yeah maybe. No one is going to tell you not to try, but as soon as you decide to take that route, you will learn how easy it really i...

This is a bit of a confession, but here goes nothing – I have Dora Envy.

Without getting too into who and what Dora is, copyrights and all of that, I think anyone who has or was in contact with a child within the last ten years knows what Dora I am talking about.

Why the envy?

You see, Dora is a fictional cartoon. She sings and dances and plays with a monkey. She is also a bit of a fixation for my niece.

My niece, now nearing her third birthday in a few months, and even her little broth...