It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are. -E.E. Cummings One day lately, I opened YouTube, and an interview with...

“Don’t underestimate the power of vision and direction. These are irresistible forces, able to transform what might appear to be...

To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die. —Thomas Campbell A few days ago, I drove into the country down a crooked back road....

“One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and...

“It’s great to be great, but it’s greater to be human.” – Will Rogers The other day, I watched a documentary about a well-known...

"One day, you're 17 and you're planning for someday. And then quietly, without you ever really noticing, someday is today. And then...

“We want a fresh start only because we didn’t sufficiently care for the last fresh start.” ― Craig D. Lounsbrough I recently read a book...

“It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.” – Richard Whatley I have been thinking a lot about what a...

Maturity is achieved when a person postpones immediate pleasures for long-term values. –Joshua Liebman A couple of weeks ago, I listened...

To him who is in fear everything rustles. –Sophocles Last week, I was checking on some farm equipment before the cold snap arrived. I...

“Most of us, swimming against the tides of trouble the world knows nothing about, need only a bit of praise or encouragement– and we will...

“There are generations yet unborn, whose very lives will be shifted and shaped by the moves you make and the actions you take.” ― Andy...

Millions long for immortality who don’t know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon. – Susan Ertz A while back I was...

"You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club." - Jack London When I decided to write my first novel, I had to...

“There is no exquisite beauty… without some strangeness in the proportion.” ― Edgar Allan Poe A fellow author recently asked me about...

“Ideas are cheap. It is the execution that is all important.” — George R.R. Martin The other day a respected fellow author asked if I...

“The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.” ― L.P. Hartley Lately, I have been delving into some new (to me)...

Next Wednesday, April 5th, will mark the first ‘bookiversary’ for Dunnigan. In some ways, it is hard to believe that a year has already...

The writer is an explorer. Every step is an advance into a new land. — Ralph Waldo Emerson One challenge to overcome in writing fiction...

“The best time to plan a book is while you’re doing the dishes.” —Agatha Christie One of the questions I get most frequently is that of...