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Integrity: When did it stop mattering?

 Recently, I’ve had more than one run-in with editors and publishers who say they’ll do one thing, and then they don’t. It’s disappointing, not only because my work hangs in the balance, but also...

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Epiphanies: A new blog entry series

All of us have them: Those ingenious revelations that visit us in a state of reverie, near-sleep, or near-awake. The problem comes for many of us when we decide to leverage our big revolutionary ideas...

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Business and the Personal

Image borrowed from terraverdeonline.com In the movie You’ve Got Mail, Joe Fox, multi-millionaire chain bookstore owner (played by Tom Hanks), advises small bookstore owner Kathleen Kelly (Meg Ryan):...

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The “Cover Reveal:” Just Say No

A word of warning before I begin here: This post is probably going to upset a number of my creative and socially inclined readers. But what you see below must be said. I will not be holding a “cover...

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On the Color of Names

Asian-sounding Pen Name Gets White Guy in Trouble So, I read the story linked to above from the Washington Post. Here’s my two cents, for what it’s worth: As a plainly named, semi-average white guy, I...

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In Praise of Being “Mainstream”

As a kid growing up in the 80s, my television family was the Seavers, not the Cleavers. Every boy my age wanted to be Kirk Cameron (Mike Seaver of Growing Pains), or maybe Michael J. Fox, who played...

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Business: A Dirty Word for Poets?

Photo by energepic.com on Pexels.com Not long ago, I assumed a new title within my organization. The new position involves thinking more like a manager and less like a classroom educator. This move has...

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