Finding Meaning In Pain Through Framing
As mentioned earlier this week, I managed to badly cut my hand over Labor Day weekend. The ER doctor told me that the tendon had been hit by the glass that had gashed the top of my right hand. My hand...
View ArticlePillars of the New Counterculture: Strength
Modern culture makes weakness a virtue. A new, better counterculture, therefore, must embrace physical strength as part of its core identity. The post Pillars of the New Counterculture: Strength...
View ArticleAnnouncing a Free Serial Beginning on Wattpad
Now available for free on Wattpad, the start of a new thriller series from Series Hero--new chapters being posted every Friday. The post Announcing a Free Serial Beginning on Wattpad appeared first on...
View ArticlePillars of the New Counterculture: Beauty
As mainstream culture increasingly tries to pass off ugliness for beauty, as members of the counterculture we should take cultural ownership of the real thing. The post Pillars of the New...
View ArticleNew Year Productivity–Free Word Count Tracker for Writers
With the New Year upon us, I wanted to share a word count tracker for all the writers out there. The tracker aggregates your daily counts into monthly and yearly word totals. It will also compute your...
View ArticleThe Founding of Empires
A typically excellent Breaking Bad scene, pregnant with meaning: "Jesse, you asked me if I was in the meth business or the money business. Neither. I'm in the empire business.” The hubris of Walter's...
View ArticleWhat ISIS Can Teach Writers About Worldbuilding
Worldbuilding can be tough for writers. A USMC presentation on ISIS can give you a detailed, bloody, real-world example. The post What ISIS Can Teach Writers About Worldbuilding appeared first on...
View ArticleMirror Moment of the West
How do we change? How do societies change? In fiction, just like in real life, change is a process. While the change can happen fast or slow, the process will inevitably begin with what author James...
View ArticleGenre Cross-Pollination
My father was a Northern, Catholic Republican; my mother a Southern, Jewish, Great Society Democrat. A product of contradictions myself, I’ve always been fascinated by the idea of mixing things that...
View ArticleFiction for a Better Tomorrow
The publishing company’s tagline is “The Fiction of a Better Tomorrow”. I can’t remember exactly when I came up with it, but I think it was around the Ferguson riots. To me, along with the Baltimore...
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