I dedicate this post to my dear Aunt Sara, who finished her race this past week and is now at…
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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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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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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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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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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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Another Musical Interlude
Hello, friends! First, two updates on The Ancient: ~ I commissioned hand-drawn cover art from the artist who has put…
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Novel Thoughts
I am in the midst of editing The Ancient, friends, so this will be brief. First: good news! I’ve read…
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Birth: A Writer’s Memoir
Reader, I finished it. A few days ago, I took the day off my online teaching job so I could…
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