This is a fear I've heard expressed by a couple young writers within my circles -- that AI will make their jobs obsolete. But will it? Can it? People's opinions on this are all over the place. Some see this as the start of the apocalypse, others like another Industrial Revolution that will eliminate jobs... Continue Reading →
I watched The Matrix for the first time this February. I know -- I'm quite behind. However, I was never too interested in the movie, because I'd heard its premise already and knew about the various cultural tie-ins, like the red-pill blue-pill thing. And to be honest, I found it kind of cheesy, with the... Continue Reading →
I read Ivanhoe two summers ago as part of a binge through British literature – that is, literature written by actual Brits, and literature about the Brits written by others. My literature course for the school year took a plunge into the Kings of Britain and the legends of Arthur, so I thought it... Continue Reading →
If you would, for a moment, take a look through this little gallery. Now, look through this one. Isn't there a part of you, when looking at the first four examples, that says, 'gosh, I could do something like that,' or 'hey, that looks like what my second grader brought home from art class yesterday.'?... Continue Reading →
Ladies and gentlemen, we have a very special surprise today -- a guest post from Mara Scudder, co-writter of the Story Fortress blog! They do absolutely great work there, analyzing popular movies, books, and television and explaining just how writers can imitate the techniques that make our favorite stories work. Mara is a Christian artist,... Continue Reading →
“Life is life - whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man's own advantage.’ ~ Sri Aurobindo, Indian philosopher and creator of yoga. We are always being told, directly or subtly, that we are... Continue Reading →
I've heard the opinion in the Christian world that reading speculative fiction (eg fantasy, sci-fi, steampunk) is a waste of time. It's been called 'escapist.' I've already gone over the topic of escapism before, but I'd like to reiterate that something is only an escape when someone makes it into that. Fantasy isn't inherently escapist... Continue Reading →
This post is updated periodically to remain current. I've told you that I'm a writer. But what exactly am I writing? Well... a lot of things. I've written several novels over the years, all now in various stages of drafts and editing. Most are nowhere near publishable and will probably remain practice stories. But I... Continue Reading →
What happens to a culture when you take its heroes and change them -- subvert them? What happens when readers and viewers see their childhood role models presented differently, buying in to woke agendas or radically altering their behavior or discarding the beliefs they were built on? I'm not talking about heroes from history --... Continue Reading →
Every child who's grown up on fairytales or Disney has heard the refrain, 'and they lived happily ever after.' It's a theme of every fairytale -- not counting the Grimms', naturally. Why? Why were stories finished with this line or something like it? Because it was convenient? Perhaps. But why are stories that don't end... Continue Reading →
