Melancholy. Some people make it through their entire lives without being touched too severely by its inky fingers, dipping into the stillest of waters and turning the whole ocean black and convincing the sailors it has always been that color. A new moon hangs over the ocean of the mind, coloring the midnight a deeperContinue reading “Melancholy – A Dissertation”
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Blogging on Tour: How I Write What I Write
Gosh, I got invited to be a part of this blog tour almost a month ago by the lovely M.M Jordahl and have been a total loser about actually doing my bit. She said some super nice things about me over at her blog, mmjordahl.com, and combined with being just a cool frood in general,Continue reading “Blogging on Tour: How I Write What I Write”
Experience and Actuality: Voltaire’s Criticism of Armchair Philosophers (Part 1 of 3)
The movement of the Enlightenment was rooted in reason. The two concepts, that of enlightenment and rational thinking, had to be linked together, for without reason the sort of reforms the philosophers of the Enlightenment were striving for would be impossible to achieve. Those who called themselves “enlightened” had to be ready to question andContinue reading “Experience and Actuality: Voltaire’s Criticism of Armchair Philosophers (Part 1 of 3)”
Horsemen
Photo via Flickr by subcircle I wrote this piece several years ago, when I was an undergraduate at the University of Washington. At the time, my father had successfully beat back Leukemia and I wrote the below as a sort of ‘near-miss’ emotional exercise. In light of my father’s recent passing, this flashContinue reading “Horsemen”
Say What You Mean – Dialogue (Part 1)
Moving ever so slightly away from the topic of character building, I wanted to take some time this week to discuss the creation and successful deployment of dialogue. In writing circles, I have found my feelings and approaches to dialogue to be somewhat unique. Many writers struggle continuously with putting words in the mouths ofContinue reading “Say What You Mean – Dialogue (Part 1)”