Nolan’s movie “The Odyssey” shows us what happens when this principle is forgotten. When wonder is twisted into fear, and welcome degenerates into hostility, the cost is civilization. The cost is everything.
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The Thunderclap Series #4: Madeleine L’Engle
I can’t point to any one book by Madeleine L’Engle as THE “Thunderclap” book for me. Like C. S. Lewis,…
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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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Unicorns: Where Tom Cruise Meets J. K. Rowling
Writing the tale of the Unicorn was, as they say, a horse of a different color. As I described in…
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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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This Novel Is Brought to You by Griffins
It all started with a griffin. Love. As I mentioned in my recent post Myth Matters, I have a bit…
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Genre-Bending and Other Daring Endeavors
Who here has seen that all too short-lived Nickelodeon classic Avatar: The Last Airbender? I’m not talking about the 2009…
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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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