Most of us learned about The Gadfly in Adam Curtis’ recent documentary, “Can’t Get You Out of My Head.” He talked about how the book was popular with maoist revolutionaries in China. The book, published in 1897 was not popular at the time but both Soviet and Chinese young people…

Danielle Steele is well-known for working on multiple projects at once. Most writers, especially working writers, are working on more than one project at once. One of the questions I get asked is how I work on multiple projects and still publish. …

This past February, I had my third Goddard residency. It was an interesting experience. I’ve been burnt out since the end of my last semester. I wrote about this already. I ended up doing my long critical paper (on the Slave Narrative) and my teaching practicum in the same semester…

Has America had it with woke culture? Is there going to be a backlash? I saw a YouTube comment that said woke culture will be my generation’s disco. …

My heart is heavy this week, dear reader. Never in my life have I thought that I would be talking to a friend about having coffee and a cigarette when the war is over and peace is restored. What in the 1930s is going on? Why do I feel like…

Deciding to self-publish is an option that many modern writers choose to get their workout in the world. Gone are the days when self-publishing was an expensive process that involved a variety of professionals or vanity presses. Also, gone are the days of getting your book accepted by a publisher…

This might sound weird, but where are the normal gay guys at? I made the mistake of asking a subreddit the question in the title of this post. I’m not really a circuit party or gay bar sort of bisexual guy. I’ve been to a gay bar. I’ve worked in…

In the past, I’ve written about my Nana and her computer issues. Then she got an iPhone and that was fun on a bun. However, in this multi-year series, we have yet another new chapter: a new computer. This time, Nana has gotten a new computer with Windows 11 and…