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 readingAmy Sterling Casil
Sorry 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
Please consider contributing to the Clarion Write-A-Thon 2010 . . . to help aspiring writers.
Continue readingI’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
When I started writing science fiction, I had a few “general” first readers who would read what I wrote, and very few, if any “in-community” readers steeped in the language and tropes of science fiction. I was very glad that … Continue reading
The biggest message I have right now for aspiring writers is: think about your audience. Think about the “end user” and purpose of the product you are creating.
Continue readingThat means “What I wish somebody would have told me when I was starting out.” No, that’s not me – I’m too lazy to scan the one of me painting. There’s so many fine details about how to handle ideas … Continue reading
Thanks to Greek amphorae, we have a large number of images showing Greek and Hellenistic life (other areas of the Mediterranean influenced by Greece). This little picture illustrates the all-in form of Greek wrestling called pankration. Pankration never went away … Continue reading
Geico-cavemanHumans now appear to officially have been able to a) have “relations” with Neanderthals; and b) have “issue” from those relations.
Continue reading