My Countless Lives

I just read that there is apparently an old Scottish superstition that, “A strange black cat on your porch brings prosperity.” I wish I’d k...

By the time I was nine, I was pretty frustrated regarding my failed attempts to get into books. I’m not talking about a level of interest he...

So, occasionally, I must admit that I let stress get to me more than it should. When this happens I often discuss my many plans for the futu...

I'm a big re-reader. Always have been. And not just for a few select favorites. No, if it’s on my bookshelf, odds are I’ve read it more ...

My dad and I used to watch the old Greek mythology movies, like Jason and the Argonauts and Clash of the Titans , and I would laugh at the ...

Wishes are powerful things. The average person makes about a floppity-jillion wishes in his or her lifetime (yes, I know, there’s a reason I...

Do you think that characters in books have lives that even their authors don’t know about? Like maybe Elizabeth Bennet had a mild gambling p...

In recent years, I have been told by an increasing number of friends and family that they’ve just seen someone who looks exactly like me. I ...

I was hanging out with some friends this weekend and, not surprisingly, we circled around to an inevitable topic of conversation: Pirates vs...

My mom said this to me the other day and I had sudden flashbacks of my youth. I’m sure every adult has some phrase that they remember their ...