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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Hope: A Literary Chorus
Advent is here! As I described in last year’s post, Advent is the four weeks leading up to Christmas, and…
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Elves, Effort, and T. S. Eliot
If you’ve read even a small portion of this blog, you know that I am rather fond of J. R.…
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A Story of Wonder
A friend of mine is doing a research project on wonder and curiosity. He asked several people, including yours truly,…
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Myth: A Grave Need
In my recent post Beloved Insignificant, I pondered the importance of so-called “small things”. Flowing seamlessly together with such musings…
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Story: A Search for Truth
One does not simply “finish” reading a novel by John Steinbeck. Not just Steinbeck, but any great work of fiction…
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Here There Be Dragons
Someday, I am going to write a very long thank-you note to Cressida Cowell. For those of you who have…
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On Giant’s Shoulders: The Power of Music in Writing
Music has always been very important to my writing. I finished my first novel, Gatekeeper I: The Finding, in one…
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