I had a visitor recently who came in with 300 + page MS asking for a critique. As usual, I offered a preliminary scan and promised a comment within 24 hours. I quickly gave up as I tried to untangle a word jungle of verbosity that obviously she created without any plan. When I finished the first cou...

Goad of Honor [/b] “A great story about a four-generation dynasty created by a German immigrant about 1850 and how the great-grandson uncovers the illegal operations during the 1920-33 prohibition era. But it is a joke for the founding father was the illegitimate son of an aristocratic European fam...

Beginning Creative Writing: A Learning Experience by Stephen P. Byers [/b] The Theme of this book: Before writing a word of his/her story, the author learns how to establish guidelines that will keep him/her on track from beginning to end. [/b] This book is based on the concept that everything we d...

A friend suggested I read "A Terrible Love of War" by James Hillman published 2004. It's a thought-provoking psychological presentation in only four chapters, the last of which titled "Religion is War" must have raised the hackles among Christianities adherents.

“Bon Jour.” My name is Stephen P. Byers; my moniker is bbbwrite. Born in the Province of Quebec, Canada. an environment of two languages, I greet you with the French salutation I think imparts more “joie de vivre” than the mundane English translation. As I matured in this milieu, I discovered I was ...