The late Kurt Vonnegut was influential in adolescence. I just remember connecting with his work when I was a teenage boy. He has a advice for those of us attempting the short story form. Click here. Good stuff. I love tip number 5: Start as close to...

It breaks my heart when I read that civilians are dying due to political strife in the Philippines. It frustrates me when I read that journalists are also being killed. Read the story here. Sadly, this is nothing new in the Philppines. The southern...

This guy is Efren Penaflorida. And he's my new hero! He educates youth in the slums of the Philippines. See his acceptance speech at being named CNN's Hero of the Year. It made me tear up. "Find the hero in you." Click here.

Thank you all for coming to my Promising reading series. Here are the happy writers: Travers, Myriam, and Ian. Kudos to all!

There was a lotta hype around this movie. Going into it, I was skeptical. I had read the book and sang its praises years ago. As a matter of fact, I remember thinking that this could never be made into a movie. There's no way Hollywood could make...