In his book The Seven Storey Mountain Thomas Merton wrote … But then there was this shadow, this double, this writer who had followed me into the cloister…. He rides my shoulders, sometimes, like the old man of the sea. I cannot lose him…. He is full of ideas. He breathes notions and new schemes. [...]
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The Writer On My Shoulder
Posted in Book Reviews, Communication, Seasons, Self-examination, Writing, tagged life balance, spiritual life, thomas merton, writers, Writing on November 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Growing Up vs. Growing Weird
Posted in Book Reviews, Fiction, Writing, tagged Brad Thor, Clive Cussler, Dirk Pitt, Fiction, novels, Scott Harvath, Writing on November 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve decided writing a series of novels featuring the same cast of characters is a tricky business. On the plus side, writing the same characters gives the author a chance to grow those main characters up–you know, flesh them out and let them get older and wiser and that much more interesting. Complex relationships can [...]
Variety Is the Spice
Posted in Book Reviews, Communication, Fiction, Nonfiction, Self-examination, Writing, tagged Book Reviews, Books, Life, Pascal, Weil, Writing on November 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Some books are a walk in the park. You go because it’s fun and entertaining, and because you just need to get away for a while. Lord knows, in today’s world we can all use some park time. Then you’ve got your sneaky books. They’re entertaining, too, but they’ve got ulterior motives: They want to [...]
Not Rocket Science … Oh, wait ….
Posted in Book Reviews, tagged Discover, magazines, New Science, science, Technology Review, Writing on November 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
At the risk of sounding nonsensical, there’s something too wonderful for words about a well-written science article. No, really. Have you picked up a copy of Discover magazine lately? Reading one of their articles is almost as good as eating ice cream. Almost. And that’s saying something. Now, by science articles I don’t mean the [...]
The Corn Is as High ….
Posted in Book Reviews, tagged action thrillers, Books, novels, Steinhauer, Texas, Vince Flynn on November 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Lord, but it was a beautiful day here in God’s country! I almost broke into song walking over to the library, but I caught myself in time. First of all, there wasn’t a single stalk of corn in sight, let alone one as high as an elephant’s eye; and second of all, I don’t really [...]
The Write Stuff
Posted in Book Reviews, tagged Books, Kemprecos, mystery, Socarides on October 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
So I’ve been reading these novels by Paul Kemprecos. These days he writes the NUMA Files series with Clive Cussler, but way back when, he wrote these terrific mysteries starring (although the protagonist would be amused at the choice of words) Aristotle “Soc” Socarides. I’ve got to tell you, these books are the most fun [...]
