Why I Write About Grief
I write about grief and people ask me if I am a psychologist because of the subject matter that I write about. I am not a psychologist. I am a writer. But psychology and why people act the way they do
Teenage Pregnancy
You may know a teenage girl who has given birth, or a teen boy who has fathered a child. I do. I knew a girl who got pregnant in high school
Where do writers get ideas?
Know where to look. Where do writers get their ideas? Getting ideas is easy if you know where to look. The first place to look
Writing Bullets & Babies
Writing Bullets & Babies was a challenging book to write for several reasons. The first is two years of research material to organize into the right chronological order. Verification
Chanel No. 5: Bringing Wife’s Memory Alive
Chanel No. 5. It is a perfume name that I know. I can't recall what it smells likes, yet I was married to a woman who wore it. I can recall the woman: her smile, her laugh, her facial expressions, and the way she
Widower Ponders What to Do With the Ring
Eight months after my wife Lisa died of cancer I sat on our bed staring at my gold wedding band, the symbol of our love and marriage that I still wore. I don't want to let go. I didn't want my marriage to
