Strong heroes — we all love them. They’re those courageous, lethal men who slay enemies, diffuse bombs, and save the grateful world. But do all heroes have to be so glamorous? Can a non-weapon wielding, non-karate chopping man star in one of our books?
I know that depends on genre. The […]

Traditional books are dead. We see that news constantly these days. Book sales are down. Paper books are on their way out. Internet piracy is killing the publishing industry. No one buys books anymore. E-readers are taking over the market.
You couldn’t tell it by our house. We read […]

It’s not often that I’m at a loss for words. But the recent research trip I took to Peru with a group of medical missionaries has left me with strangely little to say. How can I describe such an experience? Was it fun? Not really, although we met some amazing people. […]

Question of the day: If you could only take one small pack on a several weeks-long mountain trek, what would you put in it? What items could you absolutely not live without? This is a question that both the heroine of my current book and I are grappling with right now — […]

Would someone please tell me what is so great about Brad Pitt? I’m serious. I mean, he’s okay. He’s hardly ugly. But he sure doesn’t make my heart throb. I see him on the tabloids at the check out stands, in People Magazine when I’m at the dentist. He […]

It’s August, and I’m not in Greece or France or England like some of our luckier AR authors. Instead, I’m sitting here in “exotic” western Maryland, just sweating in the humidity and heat. But I am expanding my horizons a bit — doing research for my current book. Of course, as usual, […]

As I’m writing this, a thunderstorm is bearing down. The trees are dipping and writhing in the rising wind, the sky is turning dark. And I love it! I love thunderstorms. I love the rolling, booming thunder, the violent lightning sizzling the sky. It’s exciting — raw, untamed nature at […]