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My favorite street marker in Madrid
I’m a bit of a world traveler in my way, back from my days in graduate school, mostly. I almost got a PhD in Spanish literature, so I’ve spent a lot of time in Madrid. I actually finished my first draft of The Crimson League: The Fight for Hope there the summer after graduating with…
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On hope: why it’s worth fighting for
I find it intriguing that, as I work toward re-releasing my fantasy trilogy (and then a prequel), the publisher I’m working with suggested “The Fight for Hope” as a subtitle for the first installment. They suggested a few other subtitles, none of which I liked at all. “The Fight for Hope” grabbed at me, and…
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Thoughts on things coming full circle (my second edition and 9th anniversary of my conversion)
As I write this, it is Ascension Thursday on the liturgical calendar. That means tomorrow is the 9th liturgical calendar anniversary of my conversion experience–day one of the Pentecost Novena for the Gifts of the Holy Spirit. May 30, 2014 upended my entire life. It made me see that I’d been putting my writing–my fantasy…
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On trust
I watched “The Italian Job” last night. I hadn’t watched it in about 12 years or so, and had only seen it once before. Something that struck me is a saying of the main character’s father, which she repeats: “I trust everyone. It’s the devil inside them I don’t trust.” That’s an intriguing line. I’d…
Creative Writing with the Crimson League 