Embrace failure ... for next time. You will fail. You will fail in school, you will fail in friendships, you will fail in jobs, you will...

Where do our responsibilities come from? They are extremely complicated, derived from our relationships, our age, our jobs, our...

We have talked before about different reasons why people read. I jokingly said it is to be the most interesting person in the room. I...

The bad new is time flies, the good news is that you are the pilot - Michael Altshuler ​ Every day about eight billion people are gifted...

I don’t know if it is good advice in general for life, but I will say it is good advice for writing. Finish what you start. The short...

“There is nothing new under the sun.” “There is nothing new except what has been forgotten.” “Nature is a tenacious recycler, every dung...

"A difficult time can be more readily endured if we retain the conviction that our existence holds a purpose - a cause to pursue, a...

Think about your book. Think about your passion, even when you are not doing it. But, specifically if you are a writer, think about your...

People say the words “I’m just not a reader.” If you are reading this, I am going to challenge you on that sentence. Everyone is a reader...

Everyone is excited at the beginning of a journey. There is possibility and adventure and success ahead. ​ In the middle we are tired. We...

Writing novels is my dream job, but it’s not my current job. But even though this is the thing I want more than just about anything else,...

I have a vague memory when I was younger of watching a movie. Specifically, the Never-Ending Story 2. (Perhaps 3?) There is a scene in...

This entry is for everyone who read the previous post, and thought to themselves, “I want to be a published author,” or “I want to make a...

Read to your children, read to your loved ones, read to your friends. Reading to your children is a time-honored tradition, and will get...

It is easy to forget how much of life is spent on the way to somewhere. This weeks inspirational quotes are meant to remind us all, that...

Do you ever read what you write? Maybe not on the first draft or even the first revision. But do you ever read what you write when you...

Have you ever been at a party, dinner, group conversation and either you felt you had nothing to contribute, or you were interacting with...

This is the first novel I have read by J.T. Nicholas and for a quick summary, the book hits many of the standard science fiction...

Do you match? Some people may have looked down at their clothes, but I am not talking about fashion. I am asking a deeper question. I'm...

That seems like a very silly question. But the meaning when we say that casual sentence has changed vastly over the span of human...