I was in a pretty foul mood yesterday in part because I figured out what’s wrong with Argentum, the novel I’m working on. It’s too complicated. Seriously. The layers of mystery, symbolism, characterization, and setting caused this first book to read like a Dickens novel on steroids. It is five books crammed into one and […]
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Musings and Opinions
Woman, thy Name is Divided
I wish I could bring myself to write pages and pages about how I feel about the current assault on women’s reproductive rights and sexuality, and the bullying tactics used the world over to shock-and-awe us, but I just can’t. So instead, I will try to simplify how I feel by saying: Picture a woman. […]
Metallica and Lord of the Rings
There are certain bands that are comfort food to my ears. Metallica happens to be one of them. Now, I like a lot of different kinds of music, but I have a *ton* of respect for any band who can do what they do acoustically without all the bells and whistles, the smoke and the […]
Best Explanation on Being an Introvert
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 […]
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 […]