Having a clear vision and platform is essential for any author website. It should be a reflection of who you are as a writer and should provide a means for engaging and interacting with your audience. Author, educator and academician Dr. Mark Eckel is interested and passionate about a lot of things, so he designed his website to communicate and share this passion. The meaning behind his content-rich website - WarpandWoof.org - comes from the vertical and horizontal threads in fabric, which he relates to his Christian faith and the foundation of his beliefs. Dr. Eckel writes under five main categories and posts weekly essays that inspire and influence much of his published work. The key to keeping the ideas flowing for his writing, he says, is the vast amount of reading that he does on a wide range of topics.