Mel  Taylor

I have more free time now. In fact, all of my time is my own now. I told people I was going to go fishing. Maybe some salt water outings, but mainly, I am attracted to the lure of freshwater fishing. There is a peace and calm that soothes the senses when you drop a lin...

As an author, there are places and scenes which boost your imagination, and thus - help you create the locale for your book and more importantly, how your characters will react in that locale. Even if you're not a writer, there must be places where your mind wanders an...

For those of us who are authors, it is time to give thanks. Yes, thanks. Thanks to the readers who take the time to read the words, the books, the research and the story. Thanks to your own inspiration for coming up with the many story lines, plot twists, character fla...

I live in south Florida. And - I enjoy fresh water fishing in the Florida Everglades for bass, which I always release. I fish from the bank and take in a calm, peaceful surroundings of wild sawgrass and cocoplum. Fishing was the easy part. The real trick was looking fo...

Okay, so this is my last blog post on Alaska. I promise. When you find a location so beautiful, one post doesn't quite do it. I'm talking about Skagway, Alaska, and the train ride from the town, up into the mountains, with a stop in Fraser, B.C. As you travel and look...

I finally made it to Alaska. My route was a cruise. Just returned. There are a few times when, even as a writer, you're lost for words on the beauty before you. This was one of those times. Alaska is pure nature. And when I say pure, I mean traveling up close to glacie...