The Myth of the Fragile Muse
In college, my major course of study was acting. The theatre department was run, at that small school, like a professional acting company, and we produced a minimum of five plays a year. Everyone in the department was expected to do every job in the theatre at least once, and everyone was expected to be [...]
Your Reaction To It
In life, and in art, it is not what you are reacting to that matters, it is your reaction to it. Why do some people breeze through life, seemingly carefree, while others seem to have nothing but bad luck? Is it because only good things happen to them? Is it because they are born to [...]
Post 15 – Purple Prose (A Small Screed)
I get rather annoyed when writers and writing teachers talk about paring down word usage. Stephen King supposedly said “Any word you have to hunt for in a thesaurus is the wrong word.” It’s a coy and clever sentiment, Mr. King, but I respectably disagree. There have been many times when I knew the word [...]






