The question came up in a writing group: who are your influences? And being writers and overthinking everything (it’s what we do!), the question mutated
Category: research
“Gothic” – a genre for our times?
In a recent article, the BBC examined the genre of so-called “gothic” literature, and drew obvious parallels between it and “horror” books. I simply won’t
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
Falling Down the Research Rabbit Hole
Research is good. Research keeps us from making terrible, horrible, no-good mistakes that result in readers throwing our books across the room. Research is often
Spices and Inspiration
The latest story, Business not Bullets, came from several sources – first, a long-running conversation / argument about what would actually be economically feasible to
Who’s talking about me?
Remember when you were in primary school, stuck with all these other people you weren’t terribly fond of due to being the same age, and
