Preamble
Thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrimages. Geoffrey Chaucer said that about 600 years ago as part of the prologue to the Canterbury Tales, the first writing we would recognize as English. I believe...
View ArticleWriting, storytelling and the music of language
I’m finding that the process of writing sometimes gets in the way of the goal of writing, which is storytelling. Language may be the most important gift from the genetic dance that formed us. It...
View ArticleWriting Groups
They always say “Join writing groups”. When I started out, I was skeptical. After all, my voice is my voice. Could other people perfect it? But, ‘they’ always say to join writing groups … So … There...
View ArticleRollin’ the Stone Up the Hill
I knew it had to happen, but I figured I’d be reading Hemingway or Shakespeare, Steinbeck or Joyce when it did. I’m talking about the hit-upside-the-head feeling of being a talentless drudge. I...
View ArticleWarehouse 13
Just a quick personal note that SyFy’s Warehouse 13 will finish out with a short fifth season beginning April 14th. My son Edward has written the music, and it’s been a good run. Each episode goes to...
View ArticleValuing Writing and Music
Claire Cain Miller writes an interesting article in the New York Times titled, As Robots Grow Smarter, American Workers Struggle to Keep Up. Yes, I know, we have been through what, three or four...
View ArticleNew Orleans Purgatorio
What would happen if Dante Alighieri's Purgatorio existed? And how would it play out for a bluesman in the Big Easy? Continue reading →
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