Doing a bit of research for a later novel set in a fantasy world of my own devising, I finally got my mitts on a cheap translation of (selections from) the Rig Veda. I do this because my world has a Trimurti of deities in differing similar roles to Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva. The written-but-unpublished… Read More When Creation Stories Sync – Veda and Bible
The next issue of Unnamed Journal has been set, and we’re just organizing materials. At present, it’s looking like: Two, possibly three chapters of Ulysses & the Fugitive The third Meditation of Caius Caligula A smuggler tale set in the same universe as Chamber of Pain Something lighthearted involving banjos and zombies. Also, the cover’s… Read More Incoming Unnamed Journal
I am sometimes frustrated by poems that do not say what they mean. Consider this. so much depends upon a red wheel barrow glazed with rain water beside the white chickens As an exercise in imagery, it works very nicely. You can see it in your mind. And as an exercise in rhythm, it’s nearly… Read More Poetry Blather: William Carlos Williams’ Red Wheel Barrow
I had no idea HBO was even doing this, and my instinct is to scrunch up my nose at it. I like the original graphic novel and found the film merely okay (among other things, they didn’t do the Comedian right). It was a provocative examination of super-hero tropes at the time, but I don’t… Read More ‘Watchmen’ Pilot is a Thing. Saints Preserve Us.
I’ve made a decision to cut the cord on my ongoing poetry anthology, Stir, and release it for Kindle and paperback. I’m going to finalize selections and upload in fairly rapid order. I’m doing this in large part because I’ve decided I’m no worse at poetry than some of the things I’ve seen in lit… Read More Poetry Imminent. Stir to be Released on Amazon.
The most basic structure for a story is the three-act rising-action-to-climax. They teach it in high school. It works because it hits the beats that conform to emotional expectations that people have. But it’s not the only structure that can be. I mentioned earlier this week when I finally got Chapter XII finished that it… Read More On the Fourth Act
Originally posted on Dr Benjamin Wild:
Queen Elizabeth I (r.1558-1603) carefully controlled her image and the depictions of it. Many of the portraits that immortalise England’s Good Queen Bess, from Nicholas Hilliard’s ‘Pelican Portrait’ of c.1574 to the ‘Rainbow Portrait’ of c.1602, attributed to Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger, depict the ruler with an almost androgynous,…
I’ve had this draft about the organizational differences between the Army of the Potomac and Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia, and I was working on it yesterday. The detail involved in it is turning into a minor essay, which is making me wonder if I should take it off WordPress and publish it to Kindle… Read More When Blog Posts Expand
Two reasons: 1. As you age, your critical faculties improve. When you first discover pop music, it’s like the rush of first love. You’re a blank slate and the music just writes itself into you. It becomes identity. And you immerse yourself into it. And after enough songs, you start getting readier and readier to… Read More Why Music Sounds Bad When You Get Older
This post linked from Mad Genius Club is a few years old, but for an SEO noob like myself, it’s a good way to start. I have my doubts about ever mastering it, but I won’t get any better just sitting here. For Example, War To The Knife (Laredo War Trilogy Book 1)‘s main categories are:… Read More Picking Keywords
