A Touch of Tarragon

It's no secret...I've become a "co-creator." For somebody who thinks "author" is a bit grandiose, I'm not ce...

Yesterday I learned that a story I'd had high hopes for, "Fun and Games," didn't make the final rounds for an anthology I...

Half a dozen years ago when I began to write my memoirs in the form of narrative essays, I'd not realized how my early childhood experie...

Me with son, Steve, Orange, CA, 10/23/11 When I'm stuck on a story, I bless my blog...I can always come here to exercise my fingers unti...

Good news from Chicken Soup for the Soul while I'm on vacation. Two of my stories, "Twist and Shout" and "Running Like S...

World War II may seem shrouded in the mists of time to some these days, but I well remember its onset and its conclusion. At age four and a ...

A couple of writer friends long ago told me that if they'd been rejected when they sent out their first story, they would have been too ...