The Space Between
I haven’t been given to much blogging lately, as a symptom of a greater ill-at-ease that has infected my life. As an example, use my previous sentence in the context of “my purpose in blogging.” – Is this blog/webpage a venue to showcase my writing ability, as a medium to pull potential readers into buying [...]
The History of Fairfield and Jefferson County, Iowa
I recently wrote a two-part article on a basic history of my hometown, published down at Fairfield Voice. Part One: The Beginning of Time to the First Settlers Part Two: The First Settlers to Today It took me significantly longer than I anticipated to write these things. First, I put considerably more effort into writing [...]
Prolific Output into the Void.
I often wonder about how technology seems to have vastly improved our lives… when it fact it changes almost nothing. Before the internet, a single, unremarkable person with something to say would struggle their entire life to find a way to express themselves – to find an outlet for the voice, the ideas and feelings [...]
Bad Reviews
For those of you who don’t know, I wrote a book. It’s been out for over a year now, and has received good reviews. In fact, that’s all I’ve gotten… good reviews. Some rave reviews, some “it’s ok” reviews. I’ve yet to receive a bad review, and it’s driving me crazy. It’s easy to to [...]
Rejected: Minimal Amount
In the process of writing my second book, some articles/chapters don’t make the cut. I figured I’d post these rough first-drafts here instead of just throwing them away. This is the first time I’m typing this on a computer – up until now, this was handwritten. Read more about my second book here, and you [...]
The Death of Growing Freedom
Well, it looks like my old blog “Growing Freedom” is dead. Apparently upgrading to the latest version of WordPress without backing things up is a bad idea. By all accounts my content is gone, even if whatever “Internal Server Error” sorts itself out. I suppose I should be upset – I put a good chunk [...]
Fiction as Real as My Breath.
I’ve been writing so much serious non-fiction I’ve forgotten how to write fun, lighthearted fiction. Or non-fiction, I guess. I don’t really have any stories to tell. Some people, I’ve seen them, they have stories. Characters, plots, rich new worlds of imagination…. I don’t. My aborted novel is testimony to that – it’s awful not [...]
Rebellious Thought for the Day.
“Whenever the legislators endeavor to take away and destroy the property of the people, or to reduce them to slavery under arbitrary power, they put themselves into a state of war with the people, who are thereupon absolved from any further obedience.” ~ John Locke We live on a beach with a million lines drawn [...]
A Test Turns Real
Trying to pass yourself off as a “Professional Writer” is tough sometimes. For example, having a blog. Every post you make has to not only be impeccably spell-checked and grammar-fixed, but also so engaging and interesting that the random reader, like a sailor in antiquity, will be helplessly drawn in by my Siren song and [...]
