All answers can be found on my Quora here. Q: How can a fiction writer balance between contrived actions and natural unfolding? A: The answer to this is simple (but…
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On Sunday, January 20, 2019, at around midnight, I submitted a short story of mine to the Chicago Tribune short story contest. Today, I was going through a folder I…
When we confine ourselves to groups based on natural tendencies or talents, we limit our opportunities and hurt ourselves. *** “Oh I’m a creative so I can’t work on that!”…
Any mechanic who suggests you buy a new car because your spark plug is broken is running a scam and definitely doesn’t have your best interest at heart. The same…
If Joseph Stalin made me a sandwich, would I say thank you? Would I compliment him on his sandwich-making abilities if it were a good sandwich? If it were the…
Depiction is not endorsement, acknowledgement is not approval, and reflections are not acceptance. I could go on, but hopefully the point is already clear. The fact that some people need…
As I’ve mentioned in the past, I’ve taken up calligraphy as a very minor pastime. I say minor. I’m not doing it to show off. Obviously. I can’t remember what…
A century ago, this question would win me weird looks and scoffs. Today though, it seems like we need to ask this question. Why? Whether people are willfully ignorant or…
The following is an excerpt from work in progress: Annals of an Empire. I remember one thing that I found particularly interesting during my Earth history classes at the Imperial…
Countries, just like our bodies, reflect both inside and out the kinds of things we put into them. A society is made up of millions of individuals, and when those…
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