“I like to terrorize my protagonist… and so I do!” Thomas King Fiction writers often dream up the worst hells imaginable just to see if the

[From a social media post and conversation] I hope the title of this post can be read in the spirit of a "light touch." I am fascinated...

For some time now I've struggled to find an intriguing political angle for The Divine Daughter. When people ask the inevitable question...

Many want to view the world as a place defined by oppressors and oppressed. That's only one story. You would never say a healthy family is

Over a year ago now, I asked a friend if he would help me produce the audiobook version of my book, The Divine Daughter. Imagine my surprise

In my book, I draw out sketches for each member of the archetypal family. This morning, a thought popped into my head - a revision, a recons

I’ve been thinking about the tide of resentment back and forth created by things like politics. Nick Hanauer’s article from 2014 - “The...

Have you ever read a book that really stayed with you, even long after you finished it? This week I received a review from Reverend...

How did the future, or the new, become so much more important than the now, the present moment? Spiritually, we are told the present-now is

Ever watch Saving Mr Banks? A daughter falls in love with her father’s imagination and writes stories about an incredible nanny...

COVID-19 interrupted my audiobook studio sessions. But, I did get the first 16 minutes from my sound guy. I decided to use the 16 minutes...

Tom Holland worked through some extensive research on the Roman Empire and the Ancient World. The grandeur and drama seduced him...

The meme is today's aphorism. Today's quick barb or quip can be enough to help you out of falling into the maelstrom of today's flood of...

What is the political equivalent of marriage adversarial politics? How does adversarial political or economic theories address marriage?

It is a strange thing to write in harmony. Twin pens poised, Scratching away at syncopated counterpoints. But to...

The Belleville Public Library hosted a Local Authors event on October 8 and invited me and my friend Sylvia to speak about our new books....

Rene Girard would insist that Christianity is unique in that it is an answer to myth. But from outside of Christianity, across the sea, we

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This is the story of how I survived an encounter with a vampire. Vampiress, if the feminine word is more attractive....

Following up on the last post...