The Schooled in Magic series draws on so many different inspirations that it’s hard to say just when and where it jelled into its current shape. It started as a combination of a desire to do a ‘wizard school’ story and a ‘time-traveling expert’ story – the latter generally covering a person being thrown back…
I am a professor— “Distinguished Professor of Political Science and International Law”— at a 4,500-student college of Penn State in Erie. NBI emerged gradually from teaching thousands of Penn State students, many less than 20 years old and taking their first college course. Students have changed in many ways. One troubles me most. Today’s student…
My life changed when I attended a spiritual retreat in 2008. That was where I learned about angels and how they communicate with us through numbers. I was asked if I’d ever seen 11:11 on a clock and was told that it was an “angel number.” Since I’d seen 11:11, I was intrigued. When I…
I tell closeted fellow writers that everyone feels like a fraud—it’s not just them. All you have to do is print yourself a business card and put “writer” on it. When you claim the title you are one. Becoming an author is a different story. If my long and detoured road to publication taught me…
The Story Behind the Book 