CELEBRATING 10 YEARS IN PRINT!
When a mysterious boy enters his foster home, it launches Tyler on a paranormal quest where lifetimes overlap and a murderer's still desperate to conceal his crimes forever.  MORE.

​On the 10th anniversary of my paranormal YA novel, His Life Abiding, I reveal the real-life murder that inspired the book's central mystery. MORE. 

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.

POP CULTURE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE 90s: It wasn't pop culture's most outstanding decade, but it had its moments.

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

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

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

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

When I renovated my house, I found old coins in the walls.  Was this concidence... or something stranger?

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

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

Decades after I last played, I ventured back into the world of Dungeons & Dragons.

Why Mystery Science Theater 3000 is a masterpiece of absurdist humor. 

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

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