I'm a child of the '80s, and I still have a special place in my heart for those adventure-driven movies of my youth: Stand By Me, Ba...

Imagination is such a mystery. Ever wonder if it is chugging along in the same old patterns? Does it have its own method? If so, what are th...

My memories are always a treasure of inspiration for my writing, and summer memories are some of the best. In fact, two of my novels are bas...

  It is impossible for me to remember any summer without the image of my beautiful, charismatic older sister. I’ve tried to writer her cha...

Of course, summer isn't endless. It can't be. And in fact, here in Alaska, summer is truly quite short compared to summer in other p...

Growing up, my best summer memories were of church camp and going to visit my grandparents in Shell Knob, Missouri.  Things were simple as I...

 No matter what era or generation we are from, summer vacation - that time when school is done and the stretch of warm days feels endless - ...

Or How Being Bored Was a Good Thing by Jody Feldman Like nearly every kid on the planet, I couldn’t wait for summer vacation. No homework, n...