I think the news is so dire and nasty all round these days that we need to look at the lighter side of life for
Category: characterization
Change and decay in all around I see…
It’s an awkward time to be a writer in these (dis)United States. We see the ravages of identity politics destroying almost everything that held us
Visualizing a world view
One of the more frustrating things for a writer is building the fictional world within which their characters will take life and form. If it’s
Learning Curves
Learning is never on a smooth curve; it just averages out that way when seen from a far enough distance and with a heavy hand
Two very important books about PTSD, from unique perspectives
I wrote this article for my personal blog, Bayou Renaissance Man, but I think the subject is important enough that I’d like to reproduce it
HEROES IN AN AGE OF CANCEL CULTURE
So-called “cancel culture” is spreading like wildfire across the literary landscape. It’s got to the point where employees of publishers are trying to exercise a
