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I’m fairly punctual as a rule. I prefer to be unfashionably early, in fact, and back in college I tended to arrive at a classroom long...

The 2021 Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Award winners were announced last month and Fluffball! was not among the finalists. I...

This is our cockapoo Sam. He's five years old and he's been a lovable curmudgeon since he was a puppy. He's also been in dire need of...

Thirty-seven years seems like a long enough time to spend writing advertising copy and having it peed on by clients, co-workers, and...

A few weeks ago on Facebook I got involved in a thread full of people wailing and gnashing their teeth at the alarming number of...

On Friday the 15th I happened to be in the Jordan Creek area around lunchtime and decided to treat myself to some Tasty Tacos. Two...

With dozens of clients all across the United States, Braden McBraden is probably the most sought-after freelance social media manager in...

Nelson is the first rooster I ever met in my life. We thought he was a she at first, only because we had requested all hens in our first...

Don Morton was married to my cousin Mary Beth Trimmer but I’m pretty sure we would have been friends under any circumstances. He was easy...

Fluffball! is undergoing a bit of an overhaul and should be ready to hit the market in March. Here's what happened. In fiction, your...

Exciting news around Hillsboro Publishing these days: John M Donovan has announced that his fifth novel, Fluffball!, will be available...

Sure, it's a video produced with a single static camera shot and the absolute minimum amount of editing, but it is a video. And if you...

Piano Ball is a game I like to play sometimes while I'm waiting for the chickens and ducks to retire to their shed for the night. It's...

In my day job as an advertising copywriter, I’ve done a lot of mingling with PR writers who refuse to use the serial comma. I’ve also...

Second of a two-part interview with John M Donovan, who likes this format so much it might become a three-part interview, a four-part...

First of a two-part interview with John M Donovan, author of Love and Corn and Whatnot and three other novels Q. So Love and Corn and...

Jim Bouton, a former major league pitcher and one of my literary heroes, died last week at the age of 80 after battling a form of...

My wife Cybil is about halfway through collecting all the Avengers Endgame Happy Meal toys, mainly to protect her desk at work from...

I was recently chosen to participate in one of those Facebook games where you post ten albums that had an impact on you—one album cover...

I have recently learned that there are people who don’t read prologues. These are avid readers, I’m told. They just don’t read prologues....