Books and the arts are amazing sources of practical magic. I have no idea how old I was when I learned to read. I’d guess I was probably 3 or 4 – since I believe that I was able to read the famous text crawl at the start of Star Wars (Episode IV: A New…
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How Do You React to Endings When You Reach Them?
Endings come in many sizes, shapes, and forms in fiction, nonfiction, and reality. Every story has a beginning, middle, and end. This is true of every fiction and nonfiction book that you could read or write, as well as reality. We, in these meat suits we occupy for a century or so, begin and end….
Escape Through Fiction
The world is a crazy place. We all need an escape through fiction from time to time. Many of my childhood memories are vague at best. But among those that are clear, there is this: Sitting in the theatre, the massive swell of music from an incredible theme and an unusual, scrolling text – and…
Stay on Target
When you are writing, sometimes you lose sight of the target There are many times when writing isn’t terribly dissimilar to flying down the trench of the Death Star in Star Wars, TIE Fighters in pursuit, your wingman getting scared. “It’s no good, I can’t maneuver!” “Stay on target.” “We’re too close!” “Stay on target.”…
Confessions of a Life-Long Geek
The geek is strong with this one. A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, I was a five-year-old watching Star Wars for the first time. For more than forty years, this has been a part of my life story. It was the universe that Star Wars brought to me that would inspire…
Why I Liked The Last Jedi
I will strive to avoid spoilers, but beware…if you have not seen the movie yet, you might not want to read this. Since I was first exposed to Star Wars (and FYI, I will nearly always refer to Episode IV – A New Hope as Star Wars), it has elated and inspired my imagination. That…
How Am I Breaking from Typical Story Tropes?
It’s fun to break away from the typical story tropes. For years I have wanted to write a sci-fi “space opera”. An epic along the lines of a Star Wars or a Star Trek, but as unique as I could make it. One of the problems you face with these things is that there have…
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