10 Days Until the End of My Book…Or the End of the World

The final chapter of my post-apocalyptic epic romantic tale of faith and peril, This Broken Earth, Book 3: Babylon the Great is coming out on December 21st.  I have decided to post 10 of the things that could happen to our planet that might bring about the end… …and enjoy some hype along the way…

5 Best Selling Novels We’ve Forgotten

I have been accused, on occasion, of lamenting the success of Twilight.  Why shouldn’t I?  It reads like a poorly scripted soap opera, it’s characters are shallow at best and it has no lasting value in regards to the human condition…and aren’t we already tired of seeing vampire books?  Most publishing houses are currently using a

5 Writers Who Rocked the Boat

As a writer there are several things that one can do to gain notoriety.  We can blog continually (like this writer does), tweet constantly, post annoying Facebook threads or simply do what writers have done for centuries and that is write something that upsets the norm.  The truth is that writers, at least some of

Don’t Blame the Writer

In the wake of the Aurora tragedy, the media is coming out of the woodwork with some off the wall commentating.  This terrible event has unfortunately become the fodder for those who would want to point fingers and blame others for the act of a deranged man.  I first heard the blame game being played

An Independence Day Observation

Yes, I plan on writing today.  I wrote 2500 words yesterday (or rather last night in the wee hours of the morning).  I sat outside yesterday and watched my son and my middle daughter light water dynamite one after another, exploding ant hills and various other insect hovels… …but I must make one observation about

Writing the Apocalypse: Economic Collapse

As a precursor to the release of my new novel This Broken Earth, I will be posting periodic research I have been doing into the possible downfall of our world as we know it.  I wanted my novel to have a realistic feel as if the events I describe could possibly happen to our world.

Online Schooling: A Backdoor Plan to Lay Off Teachers

Online schooling seems to be the buzzword around  public schools nationwide.  Oklahoma state superintendent Janet Barresi (R) has mandated that every school K-12 offer at least 5 courses online.  These courses will be accessible at home by students, effectively allowing them to stay at home and still gain credits toward a diploma. I ask: How

Education: Advice for Prospective College Students

I have taught juniors (11th graders) for almost 14 years now.  I make them work so hard that if their brain was a muscle it would burst from their skulls from the workout.  I recently read an article entitled “Which College Majors Lead to Unemployment” by David Schepp and as a result I am writing

Kid Diplomacy: What We Can All Learn

Something happened to my son at school that made me think about the way that adults and for that matter even nations treat each other and what we can all learn from children. My son had a falling out with his best friend at school Friday.  Something happened on the playground, then words were exchanged,

Rob Reid’s TED Talk On SOPA/PIPA

I stumbled upon this video today thanks to Adam Savage’s Twitter account @donttrythis.  It’s humorist Rob Reid’s thought provoking and hysterical look at SOPA/PIPA.  Watch for a laugh and a staggering look at the truth.