If you were a fanboy or fangirl in the 1970s and 80s, the movie and TV show novelization may have had particular significance for you. MORE.

Author A.A. Milne used a forest in his own backyard to inspire Winnie the Pooh's magical One Hundred Acre Wood, Here's how authors can also "write a landscape" to use in their books.  MORE. 

WRITING THE 1980s ARCADE EXPERIENCE: Writing my new book made me reconsider the role arcades played in my life, starting in the early 1980s. ​

THERE AND BACK AGAIN: A trip in honor of my late mom was also about rediscovering my relationship with my sister.

EARS OF POWER: Cosplayer Lake Stehle discusses his passion for impersonating Link from The Legend of Zelda video games.

DOWN THE TEEN TV RABBIT HOLE: I look at a teen TV show that never happened — the rumored spin-off to The New Adventures of Wonder Woman. 

Last year presented me with a brand new challenge: editing a memoir written by another author. 

How one character from The Big Bang Theory seemed to have a single purpose — that of the perpetual loser. 

My recommendations for LGBTQAI+ movies that feature and uplift young people.

​I had pretty much given up on sports novels — until I found sports graphic novels.

We all have unfinished stories. Thirty years after a day out turned into an exercise in betrayal, I finally finished one.

How a 1990s cult film continues a cinematic tradition of depicting teens as weird outsiders.

Losing an indie bookstore means losing a unique — and increasingly rare — book buying experience.

Maintaining continuity throughout a book or over a series of books can be a major challenge for authors. 

Before Star Wars was a cultural icon, a single photo was the only hope for more from a galaxy far, far away...

TEEN TV RABBIT HOLE: SURFACE

These underwater monsters didn't survive one season. MORE

SOCIAL MEDIA DON'TS FOR AUTHORS

When to tweet and when not to tweet. MORE

CAN THE YOUNG ACTUALLY CHANGE THE WORLD?

Can the young fix the mess we made for them? MORE

WALKING FOR THE SAKE OF WRITING

How "purposeful walking" is a technique long used by writers. MORE

FINDING INSPIRATION IN ANCIENT STORIES

I went to Greece and found unexpected stories. MORE

TALES FROM THE PARKWAY

How a lonely Arizona highway inspired a boy's imagination. MORE