Viewed another way, however, they can be of great benefit, regardless of your job title, but especially if you are an editor or a writer....

In last week’s post, we considered some of the most helpful advice about writing. But, as I mentioned in that post, everyone is a critic,...

Someone once asked what pieces of advice have helped me most with my writing. After contemplating the question for a while, I think I’d...

Good Old Days, July/August 2020 #writing #DennisLPeterson #reading #writers #Memories #familyhistory #editing

The first event occurred last Thursday afternoon as I was putting the final touches on my blog posting, which was to appear the next...

It’s funny how smells can trigger various emotions and thoughts. You detect a certain odor, and your mind immediately flies to a memory...

Different teachers have different teaching styles. Even students recognize that fact, and they often like (or dislike) a teacher because...

Zinsser was born October 7, 1922. Following service in the Army in North Africa and Italy during World War II, he returned to the United...

(Excerpted from Combat! Spiritual Lessons from Military History by Dennis L. Peterson. Available on Amazon at http://ow.ly/ZXQ350xX9mx)...

“A cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind.” That statement often runs through my mind when I look at my desk or wherever I happen...

(Excerpt from Combat! Spiritual Lessons from Military History by Dennis L. Peterson, available on Amazon at http://ow.ly/ZXQ350xX9mx.)...

Throughout much of America’s military history, its strategies of warfare have been based to varying degrees on the teachings of three...

Someone (I conducted a brief online search to discover who, but I found no definitive answer) once said, “When God closes a door, He...

Some (dare I say most?) history textbooks present “the big picture,” painting a broad impression of what took place in a particular...

[From Combat! Spiritual Lessons from Military History by Dennis L. Peterson, available on Amazon at http://ow.ly/ZXQ350xX9mx] #writing...

Today, I take a brief glance backward to August 28, 2015, when I posted this article, my first effort at blogging. Much has changed since...

In the previous post about static, we discussed the importance of logical organization to producing clear, static-free writing. Today we...

Although that scenario is certainly still possible, it is becoming harder and more rare. This new reality came to my attention the other...

That quotation came to mind the other day as I read a short article by Stephen Clay McGehee titled “Words Have Meaning” at The Southern...

FIRST, A REMINDER: Southern Writers magazine is featuring the first of a two-part article about my book Combat! Spiritual Lessons from...