There I was back home again (well it was home for a while when I was young)… folks asked me where I’d been, I told ’em I’d been West.
Archives for 2012
When Not to Show the Action
This week’s video uses an example from Jim Butcher’s fantasy Academ’s Fury to illustrate how to avoid unneeded action scenes.
Minute to Freedom #69: Shame
Have you ever felt like you should be apologizing for even being born? I took on a sense of shame, of being a mistake, from an early age.
Beloved Loser: Seeing the Truth beyond “Success” and “Failure”
After a lifetime of barking in futility up the tree of success, Ross Lonergan reflects on who we are and who we are not.
VE-Day Riots: Halifax
Walking the quaint streets of Halifax on a pleasant spring afternoon, the last thing you’d expect to see would be mass drunkenness, vandalism, looting and public orgiastic sex. But this is exactly the scene which greeted passers-by on May 8, 1945, VE-Day.
The Bungy Jump Master, WildPlay Element Parks, And Me
This summer I forced myself to dive off a bridge. It was 150 feet from the chocolate-coloured bridge deck to the moss-green river below, and I stopped just inches before my fingers touched the surface of the water.
Professional Resources For Writers
Today, I’d like to present a list of my go-to people. Unless noted otherwise, these are all folks with whom I’ve worked personally and whose services I highly recommend. Whether you’re wanting to publish traditionally or independently, chances are these talented people will be able to help you achieve your goals.
Relationship Codependency, Part Two
In part 1, author Randi G. Fine wrote about how to recognize the signs and symptoms of relationship codependency. In part 2, she gives us valuable information to help us understand the roots of codependency and how to heal from it.
Morality in War
What moral obligation do soldiers have in war? This is a tricky question, and one which I considered more than once during my fifteen years in uniform. There are many perspectives, and some can be equally valid even when they diametrically oppose one another. But is there a single, undeniable answer that applies to all? Is there a fundamental truth behind the morality of war?
So, Your Teenage Daughter Wants to Read Shades of Grey – Part Two
When his teenage daughter asks to read Fifty Shades of Grey, a single dad carefully considers the issue, then has a measured and thoughtful response.
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