Tag: Private person sharing struggles
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The Tragic Tale of the Nuclear Boy Scout: A Condemnation of Mediocrity and Society’s Blindness to Greatness
David Hahn, known as the “Nuclear Boy Scout,” was a figure of tragic contradiction: a young man whose brilliance should have made him a beacon of innovation, yet who instead became a cautionary tale about the cost of neglect and society’s inability to nurture extraordinary talent. Hahn’s story is not merely about a teenager tinkering… Read more
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Meaning is in the Hands of the Beholder
There’s something transformative about art. As creators, we spend countless hours breathing life into our work, obsessing over details, and imagining how it will resonate with readers. But something magical happens when it leaves our hands and meets the world. It becomes something new—something more—because every reader brings their own experiences, emotions, and perspective to… Read more
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Publishing a book is a journey—here’s mine.
For better or worse, here is what it was like to be me this last year creating Lionwood Manor. Let me begin by saying thank you to all the readers who have joined me on this journey and all the readers who have helped get the word out there. You can get Lionwood Manor (My… Read more
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Writing Prompt Workshop!
Want to be seen? Join my writing workshop. Send your piece to [email protected] with your work in the body of the email—no attachments will be opened. Here are the prompts: Write a scene capturing one of the following emotions. Keep it as brief as possible while making us feel it. Max word count: 1500. The… Read more
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Literary Deflation
Did You Know? It’s recommended to use subheadings to make articles easier to read. Yet for some writers, the very idea feels like spoon-feeding an intelligent audience. It’s as though simplicity, designed to engage, has become a constraint on expression. Write to Your Reader’s Level? A common piece of advice in writing is to “write… Read more
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Risk
The current definition of languor generally includes: A state of feeling tired or relaxed – usually in a pleasant or dreamy way. This sense emphasizes calm, ease, or a gentle indolence, often without any urgency. A lack of energy or vitality – referring to a weariness or fatigue that can feel unmotivated or sluggish, sometimes… Read more
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To Trudge
A quote from one of my guilty pleasure movies that might get me judged but I love it anyway:“To trudge: The slow, weary, depressing, yet determined walk of a man who has nothing left in his life except the impulse to simply soldier on.”~ Lilium inter spinas, or rather, Geoffrey Chaucer, A Knight’s Tale. Today,… Read more