The Comfort of Books and Dreams
There’s too much pain surrounding this post to speak in general terms. I must keep it metaphysical, and perhaps it will reach a deeper level than my u…
Sprinklers in the Rain
Repost: this article is highly problematic - the first few sentences demonstrate how the young children in my family were traumatized and lived in fea…
Birthday Post 2: Turning 21
Guys, I’m happy. Usually on my birthdays, I slip into an introspective, rather melancholy, thoughtfulness about life. Something in my mindset changed…
A Lesson in Jam Writing
I’m heading up my writer’s group for the first time, and I had to lead a discussion last week. My theme: discovering the subconscious. I taught my fri…
Sinners in the hands of an angry church
Repost: originally published June 22, 2013. I no longer believe in God but this post remains important. Earlier this week, a ministry of gigantic pro…
Why All Writers Should Study Screenwriting
Originally posted June 11, 2013 There is one reason my entire blog isn’t film reviews and articles of me being a movie snob: I don’t like it when peo…
When the Heart Forces a Smile
This post was originally published October 5, 2012. For an update on how I feel about Christianity now, see the post “When God Spoke to Me.” This is p…
Birthday Post
While most of my restored archive posts came through Free Jinger and the WayBack Machine, not all of those were saved. This post is back online for th…
The Twice-Removed Desire
This post was originally published June 22, 2012. For an update on how I feel about Christianity now, see the post "When God Spoke to Me." T…