Thanks for lending a hand, giving your heart and taking the time Thanks for putting someone else’s needs ahead of yours and standing patiently in line Thanks for your humility, your passion, your drive Thanks for giving food, and your hard earned…

Ding. A tone rang and the fasten seat belt light illuminated on the panel over my head. “Ladies and Gentleman this is the captain. Air traffic control just reported rough air ahead. Please return to your seats and secure your safety belts….

At 5:30 last night, my phone rang. “I hate the time change,” my girlfriend said. “Look outside, it’s dark.” I walked over to the window and checked. “Yep, you’re right.” “Oh sure, be smug, Ms. I live in a resort-like climate. (now…

I woke early this morning with an uncontrollable urge to go fly fishing. (does that ever happen to you?) Perhaps my desire was feed by the endless days of clear skies, brisk mornings, and the warm afternoon breezes that send the colored…

Have you ever considered that football and writing have a lot in common? As a matter of fact, I’m going to go out on a limb and say that back in high school, I suspect the “artsy” groups and the jocks were…

It was late and the low fuel light lit on my creative tank. Still having hours of editing ahead of me, I decided to make a pit stop in front of the TV for a mindless fill-up.(usually, that’s a minimum of one…

Sometimes a picture is worth more than a thousand words.(lucky for us writers, not too often) I’ve been dying to go white water kayaking. Now I’ve been leisure kayaking, paddling casually, enjoying the scenery, but the restless daredevil who lies deep in…

I was climbing a very narrow metal stairway up to the bridge on the USS Midway, the aircraft carrier turned museum permanently docked in the San Diego Harbor. ( yes, it would seem I maneuvered another sabbatical to escape the last few…

Why did you chose that career? Have you ever been asked that question? When I started writing “Risk” one of the first things I did was get to know my main character Tana Lyre. Where did she come from, what motivates her…

That was the message a friend left on my voice mail two weeks ago. (sans the revisited) These days we both seem to have problems accessing the actual names of people and places, so if we draw a blank, we allow each…