(Feature photo by apolonn) Reading a literary short story is often like reading a mystery. The only difference is that in every mystery, all the answers are revealed at the end, while in literary fiction, the reader is often left ...
Read More »How to restore order in the midst of a chaotic novel
(Feature photo source: Aloba) I’ve never been much a fan of outline formats and skeleton drawings when it comes to writing. I remember being taught this form back in college during composition writing classes. I could never do it. Even ...
Read More »Porn: the gateway drug to sexual assault
I want to begin by saying that I’m not an expert, but an addict. Not a therapist, but a patient. I wouldn’t call myself a victim, but an accomplice. I’ve been addicted to pornography ever since I was a teenager. ...
Read More »When I recognized God
(Feature image original source can be found here) I was crushed with joy as I watched the plant devour the insect. A carnivorous green monster. I had just finished watching an choreographed ballet of nature. An orchestrated dance of survival, ...
Read More »Guest Post: Reading & Reviewing Literary Fiction
Today’s guest post comes from author and book reviewer Jeri Walker-Bickett, whom I came in contact with while searching around for book reviewers of my story collection, Amidst Traffic. She does an excellent job in distinguishing the different mindset and care required ...
Read More »My conversion story to Christ
(Feature image at the top of this blog post belongs to Lucid Light) I grew up Catholic. My younger brother and sister, who are twins, were baptized as babies by Pope John Paul II. I was baptized by a friend ...
Read More »My thieving childhood
When I was a boy, my family lived in Italy, and I used to steal office supplies from my father’s study and sell them at school for money to buy candy. I stole pens, pencils, sharpeners, erasers, scotch tape, post-it ...
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