Inspiration is always there if you seek it and accept it! For example, I finished No Expectation of Privacy (novel #22 now available)...

Poetic License #4121964 April 12, 2022 - An Anniversary, 58 Years In The Making Now, at age seventy-five, somewhere in misty memory is...

If you are a movie buff... if you've seen this scene once, you've likely seen it many times. Here's what happened: Oh, and if you have...

Frequently Asked Questions: What is the start of your series? Is it two series? Do I have to read them in order? 1) Where to start?...

Who says writing isn’t a visual medium, i.e., visual art? Actually, I don’t know if anyone has ever asked the question before, but...

As Christmas Eve and Christmas approaches two births and one death come to mind. My older-sister was born on Christmas Eve which we will...

HOW MANY WORDS IN A NOVEL? One Writer's Opinion: As existential questions go, “HOW MANY WORDS IN A NOVEL?” is not at the top of the...

Today was a double celebration. First for yesterday's (12.9.21) completion of Penguins & Black Swans, the twentieth novel from The...

Is there a ‘book’ in you? I ask, why not? Of course your life, or mine, (as a life story) may not be as toothsome as say, “The Audie...

Above is a piece of digital art I created in February 2017. I titled it Ten Boxes on a midnight blue field. It was an exercise in color...

Marie Frances Tippit, died Tuesday, March 2, 2011. She was 92. A heroine, known to every officer of the Dallas Police Department and...

Graphic courtesy of Dallas Public Library The graphic above demonstrates the impetus for the Zoom panel discussion that occurred on...

Jane Covington stands between her husband's framed law enforcement patches and my poem, both installed yesterday, June 18th at the Circle...

This past Saturday, June 12th (2pm-3:30pm) I participated in the Zoom panel discussion mentioned below. Thanks to the Dallas Public...

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I am often asked: "You have a lot of books, where should I start? The answer is... anywhere! Each book in the Michael Grant & Associates...

For 17 novels I have followed the characters as they told and acted their stories. When new characters introduce themselves and new...

Since I began this novel during the first week in January and during the loss of power and water in February I wrote part of "No... it's...

As is often the case when WITD (Writing Into The Dark) characters will and do say the darnedest things, as Art Linkletter used to say of...

To be a creative writer, one must give in to the creator and creation. Writers are not the creator; it is the thoughts of the creator...