Lent is hard. Fasting is hard. Add that to the list of historical “No kidding, Captain Obvious” quotes – right…
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Return of the King: An Ash Wednesday Reflection
We just finished our annual (sometimes semi-annual) pilgrimage through Middle Earth via the epic film trilogy The Lord of the…
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New Musical Interludes – Part 1
Who here remembers my post from May 2018, On Giant’s Shoulders: The Power of Music in Writing? (There’s no prize…
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Building Home: A Poetical Rant
I’ve been thinking about “home” quite a bit lately, and about “building home”. The view from my current “home”. Not…
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Hail to the King, Part 2: The Battle of Theme
This week, I bring you the next episode in “R. A. Nelson vs. Stephen King: A Showdown for the Ages!”…
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The Other Side
I give you fair warning, friends: it’s about to get all biblical – and poetical – up in here. *NOTE: If…
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Hail to the King: Stephen King on Writing “Right”
I’ve been spending some quality time with this book lately: Oddly enough, this is the first Stephen King book I…
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Trains, Planes, and Cathedrals
I got to ride on a train this past weekend. Trains are wonderful. Train stations can be great also –…
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The New Book; or, It Begins
Well, I finished a VERY rough draft of the first chapter of my new book this week. It’s more exciting…
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New Year “Adventures” and a Strange Gift
I don’t know how things are at your house, but in the Nelson homestead, 2019 has begun with a whimper…
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