I Have No Place in This World
I do not think a trigger warning is needed – things are not as mortal as the title would suggest. Existential, yes, but not mortal. I…
101 Films That Influenced Me As a Writer
Some movies capture the imagination (sorry, no Star Wars on the list) and some entertain (no Disney either, even though I adore their films). The post…
Open Letter on Trust Issues
“We live in an era of fraud in America. Not just in banking, but in government, education, religion, food, even baseball… What bothers me isn’t that…
OCPD Morality in the Modern Workplace (Another in a Series of Existential Crises)
Making your way in the world today takes everything you’ve got. Taking a break from all your worries sure would help a lot…okay, that’s just the…
The Pitiless Effect of Passion
Love is a common subject when writing and though this specific idea has not featured in any of my writing it does occur to me often…
I Might Be a Terrible Feminist, and I’m Too Afraid of What I Might Find Out
I have danced around this topic several times before, and perhaps this will be but another in a series of failures to fail. Over the course…
Who Isn’t Behind the Curtain? (Dunning-Kruger Effect, Impostor Syndrome, and a World of Uncertainty)
I take IQ tests as an antidote to boredom. A score over 130 is routine – sometimes exceeding 140 or 150 depending on the test. No,…
