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I am the author of 13 books. My debut mainstream fiction offering, Achilles Forjan, is difficult to nail down. I refer to this book as "a genre-bending, psychological, suspenseful, legal and medical mystery." Kiwi Club Reviews says, "This is a marketable story.

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Society & Lifestyle > Social Values & Norms Taking a look at stupidity in today's society: 2 of 42
Stupid & Happy vs. Smart & TroubledSomeone once asked me: given the opportunity to choose between: (a) being delusional and believing in an intangible, even illogical, philosophy that brings you much peace and bliss or (b) seeing the "reality" of things and cutting straight into the truthful heart of all there is, yet... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Lost souls: 7 of 119
Root Canals & Other Methods of ExcavationYouhaving been in the dark land of no milk and no honey;of people passing children as they draw final breathsand wait in eternal numbness to be carried awayand committed to the earth;Youwith your lonely seed suckling, unable to comprehendthat you need to answer that question about ... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Religion & Spirituality (Other) Guiding your child toward religion: 2 of 28
Insidious IndoctrinationANY PERSON WHO VISITS my home will notice the perpetual stack of books that populate my bedside, the table by my recliner, and my desk; books about secular humanism, agnosticism, cosmology, atheism.These visitors sometimes wonder how I can read about these subjects without being unfairly swayed in that... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Respect: 2 of 26
Choice StarvationA glimpse of perfection from stony blindness.Trembling through the tenuous tensionof good and evil.Respect me, I am a person,my opinion matters.External motivations are inherently worthlessDown the hatch.But it's only cappuccinoForcing the gates of symbolism,Reflecting tender fears.I hear you calling my nameg... More..
Arts & Humanities > Writing Tips How to start writing a novel: 2 of 23
What is being an 'Organic' Fiction writer?The Organic Fiction Method of writing is a formula that springs from the natural flow as you add to the story; it means not relying on a steadfast outline, but rather, being open to the events and developments that might come from minor and major details that evolve as your story reve... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Socks: 9 of 86
UNSOCKEDT'was the night before dayfolding laundry with careI found bunches of socksBut no matching pair.These stockings were hungin a bag on the doora clever devicewhere my socks could be stored.But somewhere betweenbeing dirty & cleanthe socks seperatedand haven't been seenwhen not long ago I had a full setnow I have str... More..
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Self reflection: 8 of 72
Cheap Wine, Twinkies & Chick-O-SticksI like cheap wine.I like it because it costs less, and because it doesn't have a cork. Corks have been notorious for wreaking havoc. Some have been known to cause temporary blindness, which is to be expected from a projectile made from the wood of a Portuguese oak tree. (I wonder what'... More..
Arts & Humanities > Philosophical Concepts Attempting to define God: 3 of 27
Mibber Who?WITH THE MYRIAD INTERPRETATIONS of what and who God is for believers, one must examine the fundamental questions that might allow us to make sense of Christian Doctrine.Imagine someone says, "Mibber is loving and wise. Mibber is the essence of all matter and energy. Mibber has no limits. Mibber is all powerful."Whe... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Puppies: 1 of 9
Reproach Beyond a DogA soothing ritual, nightly enacted;a process habitual, rightly exacted:book on her chest, rum tea on the tablea cigarette lit, it was then she was able tosettle and restbut for the test of patienceshe facedthe mealy-mouthed muttwith it's yap all agapeshe fancied the sight of its muzzle in tapeand conceive... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Adoration: 2 of 16
DEAR HEARTTo you, Dear Heart, I commend my spiritFor none other upon this earth shall proveA worthy peer for my part as you hear it,Nor comprehend each maudlin move.A strong hand pulling one from the mireEmbracing the soul that pleads to be dead,A soft hand touching and lifting the fireFervently questing from whence it was fe... More..