When does a mosquito bite become more than just an annoyance? Mosquitos carry diseases such as West Nile virus and the newly discovered Zika virus. Zika hasn’t been reported in Louisiana, but West Nile has occurred in Louisiana and the United States.

I was in a local liquor store the other day buying a little spirits to keep my spirits up when a man, perhaps in his late 30s, walked in looking to buy some high-end booze. He did a double take when he saw the price and immediately asked the clerk why the booze had gone up in price.

Many fictional writers say if you leave these key characters out of your story you will risk losing your audience, altogether.