top of page
Search


Hook With Relatability
For me to enjoy a book or movie, I must be able to relate to at least one of the characters.
-
Feb 185 min read


What about Romance Fiction
My wife tells me I should write stories that appeal to women. I keep telling her I write stories that appeal to everyone.
-
Feb 25 min read


Your Speech, Your Character
Good dialogue creates good character. The two are inseparable.
-
Jan 215 min read


Want More Friends? Write a Story
The interaction between fictional characters in stories is just as genuine as our relationships with real-life friends.
-
Dec 29, 20257 min read


Secrets Answered
Life presents us with so many curious questions. How can we answer them all? We answer a few and then work our way up. Here we go!
-
Sep 28, 202511 min read


Two Lists for a Better Life
Would you rather hear emotionally charged, heated lectures for hours on end, or a few brief, well-worded, carefully arranged suggestions?
-
Sep 27, 20255 min read


Mountain Dreams
Why do I keep dreaming about these mountains?
-
Jun 2, 20254 min read


Stop Arguing
It takes two to argue. If one party declines to engage, the argument stops.
-
Mar 8, 20256 min read


The Wisdom of Stoicism
Would you want the people around you to treat you with wisdom, courage, justice, and temperance?
-
Oct 25, 20246 min read


The Sounds of Music
What do symphonic musical instruments sound like?
-
Apr 6, 20242 min read


Top-10 Pop Songs Ever
Here is my top-10 list of pop songs ever. But first, I’ll provide you with the criteria I used to select these songs.
-
Jan 14, 20234 min read


Top-3 Teachers
William Joseph Clabby, Dorothy Jean Worthy, and Robert E. Heninger.
-
Aug 25, 202210 min read


Dry Humor to Wet Your Whistle
The greatest benefit of dry humor is you get to skip the awkward, unnatural machinations of ordinary joke-telling.
-
Aug 4, 20228 min read


How to Be an Ideal Parent
How can we manage the task of raising children over a twenty-year span when it seems no one knows for sure how to do it?
-
Jul 25, 202214 min read


Sincerity
How can we impart knowledge, wisdom, and kindness to our relatives, friends, neighbors, and coworkers, without sincerity?
-
Apr 4, 20226 min read


Ideal Pace
To keep a steady pace, you must keep an unsteady pace.
-
Dec 29, 20215 min read


Patient Persuasion
Central to all human interaction
is persuasion.
-
Dec 5, 20215 min read


Low Self-esteem
At some point most of us learn that bullies are weak people. We learn they’re not so tough once we’ve had enough and finally confront them.
-
Oct 28, 20216 min read


Ideologue
I long for persuasion over coercion, teaching over indoctrination, and example over cancellation.
-
Sep 24, 202110 min read


Procrastination
Rest assured, procrastination is not about laziness or lack of self-control.
-
Sep 20, 20215 min read


Advice for Engaged Couples
Here is the most important and concise list of principles I can find for young people considering marriage.
-
Aug 25, 20213 min read


What is a Conservative?
The modern conservative movement is in line with the liberal movement of the 1960s.
-
Jul 22, 202115 min read


The Best Mother
I learned over the years that our mother wasn't the meanest mother in the word, but the best.
-
Jun 20, 20218 min read


Plastic Recycling
It didn’t take me more than a half-hour of casual Internet research to understand why we’re not recycling plastics like we wish we could.
-
May 16, 20214 min read
bottom of page
