The slide probably started Sunday, but I didn’t notice it then. Monday I canceled an appointment. Just didn’t feel like going out. Tuesday it hit hard. I have depression, by the way. I suspect a lot of writers do. Many of us struggle with melancholy in various ways. We cope through creation. We take ourContinue reading “World Creation and Other Therapies”
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Held Captive by a Story
There are certain stories I can’t get out of my head. They’re rather insidious, laying eggs in my brain like some sort of Lovecraftian monster redesigned by the unholy lovechild of H. R. Giger and Steve Carell. The eggs hatch and latch onto my various creativity glands and refuse to let go. And thus thereContinue reading “Held Captive by a Story”
Stories of Christmas Past
Why do we love A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens so much? First published in 1843, this slim volume has been adapted and readapted and transformed so many times. It’s a world that has become so pliable that Mickey Mouse, Twilight Sparkle, Patrick Stewart, and George C. Scott have all taken cracks at it. (Incidentally,Continue reading “Stories of Christmas Past”
When Worlds Die
Don’t you just hate it when worlds die? I’m not talking about when planets explode in the interest of a story. Alderan is not on my mind as I type this, nor am I pondering of the post-apocalypse of Walking Dead or 13 Monkeys. I’m not even talking about the natural and writer-intended conclusion toContinue reading “When Worlds Die”
It’s Not Just Bookshelves…
Bookshelves have a certain gravity. They suck me in. The reason they suck me in? So many stories are suggested there that I cannot resist their allure. Of course, bookshelves aren’t the only things that hint at stories. When I was but a young tot, there was this show on PBS, often airing Sunday afternoons.Continue reading “It’s Not Just Bookshelves…”
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