Have you ever belly-laughed and sobbed at the same time? I’m not saying laughed so hard that you cried. I’m saying laughed hard, from joy, and cried hard, from passion, at the same time. It took me forty-eight years to have the experience, but it finally happened. I was sitting at my desk...... Read more
That might have been my new nickname, had Katie not brought us all to our senses, late one night after finishing up a three-hour-long book club gathering (that I never wanted to end). It was one of the most surreal nights of my life. Imagine walking into a suburban book club named “The Book...... Read more
Do you remember the first time you heard the cliché “the children are our future?” I was in the 5th grade, and I honestly didn’t get it. The future is some period of time in front of us, containing events that have yet to happen. It’s not a group of people. Moreover, it’s for...... Read more
“Do you know what your problem is, Paul?” A family member that I deeply love and respect rhetorically asked me. “You’re too honest.” Contrary to my family member’s assessment, I have not been completely forthright about why I self-published The Gift of Samuel: Grey Dawn. Given that it’s the...... Read more
When I self-published The Gift of Samuel: Grey Dawn, I had put all of my emotions, dreams, ideas, philosophies, doubts, and opinions into a three-hundred-fifty-four-page fictional story for all to see. Surely, there was nothing I could do that would be more terrifying. Then I received a text...... Read more