Just as Charlie needed the sought-after golden ticket to enter the chocolate factory, one who wants to study in the United States needs a student visa to enter ‘the land of the free and the home of the brave…[play ball!]’ What is a student visa and how does it differ from other kinds of visas, such as a tourist visa?

Both parents have a legal duty to provide financial support for their children. In California, as in most other states, the court may order either or both parents to make regular child support payments that cover a child's living and medical expenses.

Article theft is a growing concern for many authors. How should you respond? Should you?

Are you a writer with big ideas? Are you always imagining epics, sweeping stories, great tales of human struggle and sacrifice, interlaced with personal stories of love, sadness and triumph? If so, you ought to consider turning your book or story idea into a trilogy. Why a trilogy? Believe it or not, there are deep psychological reasons that we do things in threes. The holy trinity is the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, and the Triple Goddess is Maiden, Mother, Crone,...

There I was on a restful weekend by the sea; enjoying coffee and croissant in a quaint little cafй at the end of the North Shore pier…

Here is a common problem that one of my subscribers expressed to me recently... "I'm 16 and the main problem is, I know what I want to write, but when I do write it down I just think it sounds lame" Now she's 16 years old, but I'm pretty sure that this problem transcends all ages. The truth is, nearly every thing *I* put down I also think sounds lame too... at least at first. We all have to understand that in most cases you will never write a 'great song' the first t...

Has anyone else noticed a trend of books, both self-published and from commercial publishers, that were originally ebooks and have not completely shaken the unfortunate signs of their origin? 1.Since ebooks can be sold easily at 80-100 pages, but print books cannot, the book version gains length through appendices that take up one-third of the page count. Sometimes the appendices are quite tangential to the main topic, and other times they contain golden information that s...

When you are in Africa, you will obviously want to see animals.

In this article I start to talk about my travelling experiences through Central and South America. The start of my trip took me to California and then Mexico. I talk a little bit about the benefits of learning about different Spanish cultures and Spanish history and then about some of my early attempts at trying to communicate with the locals in Mexico.