Here are some fun facts that you might (or might not) be able to use in your books, blogs and emails:
1]  A duck’s quack doesn’t echo, and no one knows why.
2]  A whale’s penis is called a dork.
3]  An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.
4]  A rat can survive longer without water than a [...]

To Retire or Not to Retire
Have you ever tried writing with your laptop on a board bridging the valley between your tummy and thighs while your knees are bent? Believe me, it’s possible. It’s also awkward as hell when the boat starts to roll. That’s the point when I spread my legs out flat on [...]

This election is making me nuts. All the commercials, junk mail, news coverage, calls from pollsters. There’s a lot of anxiety in the air these days, and a lot of anger, too. It all gives me a stomach ache.
Many people are obsessed and stressed out, and I can’t help but get caught up in it. [...]

It wasn’t so long ago that I was polishing up the manuscript that became my first published novel.  I was dreaming about who to send it to, how long it would take to show up at my local bookstore, and how much money I would make from it.  (I had done a lot of research [...]