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A year ago, in May, 2010, I posted a blog entry about the book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot.  It’s a personal history of Ms. Skloot on what […]

A few days ago, I was watching a PBS program on how the Spanish explorer Hernando Cortes (1485-1547) conquered the Aztec population in what is now Mexico, and I was […]

How many words exist in the English language?  300,000?  500,000?  I don’t know, but I’m sure most of us use only a fraction of those words on a regular basis.  […]

A recent mistake I made, coupled with some things I’ve read over the past few weeks has led me to use this space for a suggestion for the future. Several days ago […]

As I’ve been watching the images of the destruction by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan over the past several weeks, I’ve been struck by one common factor among the Japanese people […]

What’s new about writing?  The computer?  Well, yes, largely. In the March/April issue of Poets and Writers, Ellen Pollack, director of the MFA program at the University of Michigan, wrote […]

Recently I’ve seen a few news reports in which several people have claimed they have an IQ greater than Albert Einstein.  Einstein is a sort of benchmark, a point to compare yourself with.  […]

As a writer, I’m curious.  What is it about writing that drives us?  Why do we sit in front of a computer or a pad of paper or a typewriter, […]

What is “Life?”  Have you ever thought about it (outside of high school biology class)?  I’ve been thinking about it lately, and a new concept has occurred to me.  I’d […]

Ian McEwan is not one of my favorite writers, but that’s because I’ve read only one of his books, Solar.  On the other hand, if all his books are written […]

Are we alone in this universe?  Certainly not. Are we alone in this galaxy?  Again, no, though the chances are a miniscule bit higher. One question that seems to dominate […]

What language is your novel written in?  English?  Mine too. But I write science fiction, and that brings up a special point.  If a sci-fi novel is written in the […]