Reflections concerning writing, reading, or observations made during the day.
Does Art imitate Life or does Life imitate Art? Like Yin and Yang or Twin Serpents eating each other’s tails, literature and life share an ambiguous push/pull relationship. But, interestingly, society seems to have this idea that all writers are recluses who shun the world. A mystical figure that...
I guess it’s about time I talk about my Dad. Tonight marks one month since I went to the hospital and saw my old world was gone forever. I still can’t spend too long on this now, but I have reached a point I can talk about what my...
Have you ever had the following conversation? You: “Well, my favorite story is .” Other person: “You can’t be serious.” You: “What? It’s a great story. The characters are amazing, there are great plot twists, and it was inspiring.”...
First off, I realize that the HISHE (How It Should Have Ended) YouTube channel deals in movies, not books, and that the Lord of the Rings movies took quite a few liberties with the source material (for those who have not seen the HISHE vid, you can watch it...
I knew I wanted to start my own Fantasy series after I began my Junior year at college. I was pursuing my English degree and thought, “I can do this. I don’t know how well I can do compared to my heroes, but I can write, and I’m fairly...
A Reflection on the Power of Subcreation in Sci-Fi & Fantasy After Watching 1st Time Viewers See/Hear the Most Famous Line in Star Wars. (“No; I am your father.”) A little backstory. I was wasting my time watching YouTube videos – specifically, “The Nostalgia Critic” and his “Top 11...
“Friendship… is born at the moment when one man says to another ‘What! You too? I thought that no one but myself…'” –C.S. Lewis I get it. I really do. Back in our school days, especially during high school, we had to read old books that seemed so far...
Reflections on how the American people could benefit politically from reading Fantasy and Sci-Fi after the most watched presidential debate in American history.
A quick blog discussing the unique importance and value of Fantasy and Sci-Fi writings in the world of Literature.
