As you know, faithful reader, the blog series “How I Became R. A. Nelson” reached its conclusion last week in…
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The End of the Story (and the Beginning of All the Others)
We have come, at last, to the conclusion of the tale “How I Became R. A. Nelson”. Last week’s post…
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The Dark Before Dawn
Though last week’s chapter in the tale “How I Became R. A. Nelson” was a tribute to the unexpected richness…
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The Birth of an Author
I was sitting in the tiny upstairs computer lab of the Fine Arts Building at the University of Georgia when…
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C. Writ. 101: A Dramatic Segué
We cannot go any further in the story of “How I Became R. A. Nelson” without talking about C. Writ.…
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Frodo Lives: An Author’s Awakening
Today we pick up the tale of “How I Became R. A. Nelson” in high school. I was beginning to…
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The Bigness Which You See
Happy 2018 – and Happy Eve of Epiphany! The Feast of Epiphany is tomorrow. It marks the end of “Christmas”…
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Gatekeeper III: Another Beginning
The third book is a bit different. It is, in my opinion, the best in the trilogy. For one thing,…
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Gatekeeper II: A (Mostly) Academic Memoir
I cannot talk about Gatekeeper II: The Leaving without talking about King – King College, that is. Just as Gatekeeper…
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Gatekeeper: A Beginning
In late September, 2004, I arrived in England for my semester abroad at Oxford University. I was full of anticipation,…
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