Writing

There was a young hunter named Trent
Saw a bear in the door of his tent
He picked up his gun
And started to run
And nobody knows where he went
--Tom Minkler, age 8

Some Of My Stuff

May contain adult themes and language. Beware of poetic licentiousness.

Better Late
The 90s
Love To Love
Maybe
Hate
Life
Figuratively Skating
Neckties That Blind

For more light-hearted fare see my Mirthy page.
Also two poems.

Theology: I'm thinking of writing a book and here are some draft chapters. Feel free to make any comments or suggestions.
Introduction
What is God?
Words and Meanings
What is God NOT?

The following articles appear(ed) on WeddingChannel.com. Also i contributed much of the music lists.
They move them around occasionally so i had to hunt down the links (if there's no link, i can't find it!)
(Previously you could search on my last name "Minkler," but they've taken most of the bylines out.)
Alternative Processional Ideas
Invitation Price Factors
Punching The Wedding Clock Title's there with my byline, but no text!???
Reception Music for the Whole Crowd (This has probably been collapsed into their massive music info.)
Renewal of Vows
Sober Reception
Stationery Lifestyles (now called Choosing Your Personal Stationery)
What About Me? (Still has my byline! :)

Published in M.D. Computing (article not available online):

Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Internet: A Structured, Scalable Approach
by Robert H. Dolin, Liora Alschuler, Paul V. Biron, Lynne M. Fuller, Albinus H. Kim, W. Thomas Minkler,
Dwight Onaga, John E. Mattison
XML and other Web tools make dissemination of practice guidelines over the Internet possible and
available at point of care.

Writers Resources

Dictionary.com's Writing Resources

Books About Writing

Book		Author
On Writing Well		William Zinsser
How To Get Happily Published		Judith Appelbaum
The Forest For The Trees		Betsy Lerner

Books for Creative Inspiration

This is a list of suggested readings from a Topics In The Creative Process class I took at Virginia Tech in 1984.
I still haven't read any of them so you're on your own. :)

Book		Author
The Book Of Highs		Edward Rosenfield
Powers of Mind		Adam Smith
The Man Who Walked Through Time		Colin Fletcher
Pilgrim At Tinker Creek		Annie Dillard
On Death And Dying		Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Inner Tennis		W. Timothy Galway
A Critical Path		Buckminster Fuller
Zorba The Greek		Nikos Kanatzakis
The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel		Nikos Kanatzakis
Siddhartha		Herman Hesse
The Glass Bead Game (Magister Ludi)		Herman Hesse
Giles Goat-Boy		John Barth
Time, Space and Knowledge		Tarthang Tulku Rinpoche
Illusions		Richard Bach
Between Silence and Light		John Lobell
The Search		Tom Brown, Jr.
A Glimpse of Nothingness		Janwillem Van Der Wetering
Design With Nature		Ian McHarg