THE JAG FILE
“Good writers do not take what is interesting and make it sound important. Rather, they take what is important and make it interesting.”
WRITERS WRITE
“You should be a writer,” my Mom used to say before she recently passed away. At the time, I just rolled my eyes. Maybe she didn’t remember what I do for a living — or more likely, she was just making a joke. Regardless of her motive, I am willing to bet she never knew how much influence she had on my collecting and writing.
PATTON’S BIOGRAPHY
When I was seven years old, I couldn’t get enough military history: War movies, toy soldiers, my Dad’s war stories. One day, in an attempt to gain my Mom’s attention long enough for her to look down from the sink
