I’m a huge fan of the TED Talks and hope to attend this conference some day. I’ve talked about how writing is an introverted activity and often the complaint I hear is about how not all writers are introverts. This? This isn’t a reaction to what I or others have said. This is a response […]
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Yes, Rhetoric’s the Thing
The other night when I was editing I watched In Search of Shakespeare, a four-part documentary about “the” bard. I was reminded of his political work when the narrator talked about what Shakespeare had to deal with. In his era, plays were put on for the people to sway public opinion of the King or […]
Redwing’s Gambit Debuts at Balticon
I will be attending Balticon in Baltimore, Maryland from May 25th through the 28th. Over Memorial Day weekend I’ll be celebrating the release of Redwing’s Gambit, a science-fiction novella I wrote for the Bulldogs! RPG published by Galileo Games. For more about Redwing’s Gambit and this appearance, please visit: The Daily Illuminator: Balticon and Redwing’s […]
Sensationalism and Newstainment
I wrote part of this post when I was on my way to New York. Somewhere along the way, in a haze of nigh zero caffeination, I had a couple of very deep thoughts. My hobby anthropologist has kicked in and well… I guess I had to get this concept out of my system. We […]
Three Pie-in-the-Sky Writing Goals
I may be a pragmatist (though that moniker is already taken by the Practical Meerkat) but there’s no shame in dreaming. Here are three of my pie-in-the-sky things I’d love to happen some day. You know, besides becoming that novelist who owns a multi-million dollar franchise. (Yeah, there’s only three today… I have several, but […]