B.M. Simpson

“Hey Dad. What do you call this?” “It’s a telephone.” At what point do you begin to realize that your passing the torch to the next...

Writing for enjoyment.

A little less than a year ago we took a trip to Cuba and stayed in Old Havana for five wonderfully eye opening days. Simply put, we had a...

Whether people realize it or not, the single most important ingredient in writing a good story is conflict. Without it, a story lacks...

The soft low cry of the blues guitar, sounding as if it were weeping to the world in a deep, sad, voice lingered heavy in the air. Amber...

Tired of the same old Washington Politics? Well, now you can do something about it. It’s February 2020 and we’re officially kicking off...

When I was young I dreamed of sailing ships with tall white sails, to the seven seas and mysteries with mighty rolling waves. When the...

(Above): Picture of me recovering from writing my first book. I wrote my first book about eight or ten years ago. It was was somewhere...

I keep hearing all the hype about how things have never been this bad! And these are the worst times ever! And the end is near! And...

Writing is not all that much different than cooking. Like food, literary menus vary far and wide. There are different styles, different cult