B.M. Simpson

Warm exotic raindrops

dripping sweet from island skies

gently landing, easing pain

on salty, sun drenched lips.

Tropic breezes caress the blue

as blackbirds lightly skim

then gently kiss the rising mist

of the foaming white capped world.

Complicated yet simple

tangled blurry cl...

My wife and I lived on a 35 foot sailboat a couple years ago. It was a great fourteen month adventure and we met a bunch of wonderful, or if not all wonderful, certainly unforgettable characters. I could easily fill page after page with funny stories that would befuddl...

I was doing some research on the internet for my next book and something caught my eye. Have you ever noticed how many times we are told that just about everything we aspire to do is “easier than you think”? If we’re not told in those exact words, we’re told in a messa...

A place to lay my head I search

to dream my dreams so sweet.

A bough or branch for me to perch,

to rest my weary feet.

For endless time it seems I’ve roamed

to places near and far,

to find the dream I’ve heard called home,

I’ve wished upon the stars

I’ve drifted west and then...

When I was in high school I spent some unforgettable afternoons jumping off the cliffs at an old abandoned rock quarry in my hometown. The sky was blue, the sun was bright, the air was warmir hands went together and into the water with the precision of an artist. Amaz...

Does a title tell the story? More often than not, the answer is No.  In actuality, it’s the story that tells the title. Or perhaps even better said, the story brings the title to life. Not long ago, someone mentioned to my wife, “You should know what a book is about fr...

Forget climate change. Forget global warming. Forget the Paris Agreement. Forget all the absurd conversations and fights about what the problems are and what the solutions are. Forget the politics and economics. Forget everything you hear on TV and see on the internet....

I sat down to write for a while tonight and as often is the case, I had no idea what tonight’s subject would be. It took me about two seconds to decide to Google John Lennon and put some music on before I started writing. This is a change for me. While I ALWAYS listen...

According to a LIVE SCIENCE article, “Rooster's morning cock-a-doodle-doo is driven by an internal clock, finds new research, suggesting male chickens really know the time of day.”

All I have to say to that, is “Bull@#$%!” I’ve done an in depth study of my own, which ha...

1. Sit down and turn on your laptop or open your writing pad.

2. Start writing.

3. Keep writing.

4. Do it again tomorrow.

5. And then again the next day, week, month, year, decade… I’m probably not going to make the century, so I’ll stop at decade.

6. To write a good story,...