When I first began teaching writing while I was at Chapman and eager to launch my “new career,” I got Ursula Le Guin’s book Steering the Craft and was powerfully impressed by what I learned from it along with my reading … Continue reading
Amy Sterling Casil
One of the most frustrating things about the War on Women is its laser focus on women’s reproductive rights, as if we still lived in pre-1921 America, and women could not control their bodies, vote, or own property. Statistics however show … Continue reading
You never know what you’ll find out while reading the endless online news items. “Ralphie” from A Christmas Story (1983) grew up to be a really handsome guy who is also friends with Vince Vaughn. Who would have thought that … Continue reading
The Space Elevator is a system to lift payloads of equipment, raw materials, supplies and even people above earth’s gravity and into space without the need for rocket technology. Today’s nanotechnology, composite manufacturing, laser, and photovoltaic technology makes this not only a possibility, but a very likely reality for the near future – at least within ten years. Hundreds of students and scientists at over one hundred colleges and universities around the world are working on different components that would go into a real Space Elevator.
Continue readingThe long-awaited cover for Blood Lite 2: Overbite has been released, so here’s the official announcement – it will be on sale September 28, and you can order it from Amazon here. If you want to find out what type … Continue reading
I had a wonderful experience this past weekend and want to share some great information I got with everybody. Debut novelist Jill S. Alexander and her agent Michael Bourret gave a fantastic sendoff to the educational part of this summer’s … Continue reading
You may not share my enthusiasm for extreme tests of endurance and the outer limits of human capability. To me, the Wildest Dream is a gorgeous meditation on courage, persistence, vision and love. It tells the story of two very courageous men living in different times — Conrad Anker and George Mallory. Both share their love for their families and deep desire to conquer the world’s highest peak. They say that the sky is a deeper blue on the summit of Everest, and courage and the human capacity to dream and love is deeper as well.
Continue readingSorry for being missing yesterday – I’m not at home, and the blog was down for a while . . . I’m really happy this weekend because Meredith and I are in Colorado for my cousin Sarah’s daughter Kara’s wedding. … Continue reading
I’m sure we’ve all heard of the “Seven Basic Conflicts” in literature: man vs. self man vs. man man vs. society man vs. God man vs. machine man vs. environment man vs. supernatural And . . . Man vs. Nature. … Continue reading
Would you like a great career collecting information for your country’s benefit? Or perhaps you’d like to use your art skills in a patriotic manner. Then, the CIA has a job opening for you! I was interviewed regarding a security … Continue reading