MICHAEL HEBLER

Did you know that Dickens' A Christmas Carol, though a novella, is not broken into "Chapters," but "Staves."

According to Webster's Dictionary, a 'stave' is a vertical wooden post or plank. I presume that Dickens chose to use 'stave' instead of 'chapter' as both a symbo...

I am no longer a “full-time” author, and admittedly, I’m relieved. Lately, I have been losing the passion as a writer, so I decided to get a job as an event coordinator, something I love to do almost as much as writing when writing was exciting to me. Something about t...

Terrible things happen on a day-to-day basis. Sometimes, we are victims of a tragic moment, and sometimes, we are merely spectators. And sometimes, we are stuck in-between. Though we are only a spectator, we are affected in a way that makes the pain of the occurrence f...

Her name is Virginia Grafton-Wade, and the Chupacabra Series might not be what it is today without her.

This week, Virginia would have turned 99-years-old. I met her while delivering meals for the organization, Meals on Wheels, when I was living in Southern California...

I was not a great student.  Though my body was present in class, my mind would get me to my seat, made sure I had all that I needed, then sneaked out the door once class started to explore far-off lands and mystical places.  If it hadn't been for theatre, I probably wo...

In my first post, I mentioned how I intend to be more consistent with my blogging.  So what do I do by the time I reach my third post?  Wait more than two weeks before writing it.  Now, if my full-time job was writing in an isolated cabin in the Swiss Alps (as my dream...

Outsourcing can be considered a "taboo" word by many, especially Americans.  When the word "outsource" is spoken, the minds of those many might first consider jobs being taken away by Americans and given to foreigners. I admit, I have been guilty of that immediate defi...