I came across the phrase, "Save the Cat," in a blog on how to salvage a manuscript. It's a plot development technique. I could tell that...

I began to hear the most frequently-asked question right away: “Are your characters based on anyone you know?” Friends who received...

Thought for the day: the genres of fiction. Each serves up something people want. Romance ramps up feelings of longing, desire, and...

I appreciate the little cactus wren, but sometimes I forget I'm not one. The cactus wren builds its nest in the branches of cholla...

As we all know, a title is the first element we see of a written work. A title determines how the reader approaches it, determining...

Jesus the Game Warden--short version J..J. scanned the lake from his vantage point on the knoll, looking for fishermen to check for...

Black Holes at My House If you’ve taken a high school physical science class in the last decade or so, watched Nova on PBS, or tried to...

Charged Meaning of the Confederate Flag Since the shootings in an iconic African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina, by a...

"Texan" should be an ethnicity. You can't lump Texans into a category, but, more than any other state, we often identify ourselves as...

On a trip to Hawaii, long, long ago, I ate in a restaurant whose claim to fame was the view of the spectacular sunset. And the sunset was...

Mother's Day is like Valentine's Day when all the popular people get cards, calls, visits, and praise, and the nerds get left out. Some...

Feeling the need to clarify, for those who might not know, the origin of "bar" ditch. The "bar" ditch is the small gully that runs along...

The lovely Ellen Meyer played her guitar and sang at First Christian Church's (San Angelo) courtyard concert today. She plays from the...

Jim took this a couple of years ago, managing to catch a bee with his landing gear down as he glided in on a pollen run. You just can't...