Quinton Wyatt's summer break is going great! He's landed his dream job at the local movie theater. He adores his new baby brother. And he's deeply in love with T.J. Shapleigh — a boy he's had a crush on since the sixth grade. But when T.J.'s house catches fire, it's a tragedy not only for the Shapleigh family but for Quinton as well. This "mini read" excerpt is taken from My Summer (Under a Crescent Moon), Chapter 12: Ashes.

During its twelve years on the air, the characters on The Big Bang Theory went through many changes. But one character seemed to have a single purpose — Stuart Bloom as the perpetual loser. 

I had pretty much given up on sports novels — until I found sports graphic novels. Here's how the combination of art and a good story let me find a whole new genre to read. ​

I produced this video for Multnomah County Library. It features my friend and fellow author Ruth A. Musgrave, who discusses how books can introduce kids to science, nature and conservation.

I'm very pleased and humbled to announce that My Summer (Under a Crescent Moon) was nominated by a reader and then voted one of the top LGBTQIA young adult books of 2021 by Goodreads readers!

I live in a small town and we just lost another of our small, cluttered, indie bookstores. The loss isn't just about the place, it's about the experience.​

It's been a decade since Peter Jackson's The Hobbit trilogy began to hit theaters. Looking back with fresh eyes, were the movies better than originally thought?

In part five of this ongoing series, I look at a teen TV show that never happened — the rumored spin-off to The New Adventures of Wonder Woman featuring a male teen lead.

As soon as I began renovating my house, I began finding old coins in the walls, behind baseboards or wedged in doorjambs. Was this coincidental... or something much older and stranger?

Before Star Wars was a cultural icon, a 10-year-old fanboy named Marsh Myers had to cling to some photographic crumbs and hope that there would be more to come from a galaxy far, far away...

Decades after I last played, I ventured back into the world of Dungeons & Dragons. Here's why I fell in love with RPGs.

For thousands, Mystery Science Theater 3000 is a masterpiece of absurdist humor. So why do some people fail to see the humor or even hate it for the attempt?

I went to Greece to walk where legends were born and  found inspiration as a writer in a most unexpected place.

If you're a part-time writer, finding enough time to work on your book can be difficult. Here are some tips to help.