I wander into the blog…kick the floor. Dust fills the air.
I sneeze.
This is not a New Years resolution list. It is a vision of what I want to see in the world and in myself in the coming year.
Musings about writing and other things
I wander into the blog…kick the floor. Dust fills the air.
I sneeze.
This is not a New Years resolution list. It is a vision of what I want to see in the world and in myself in the coming year.
I’ve been doing some reading and documentary watching lately about labor movements and revolts, particularly in Wales. Immigration and activism were two faulty valves that couldn’t keep up with the horrific pressure on labor movements in the UK. The history of labor in the 19th and early 20th century was bloody, and not just in terms of the opportunities for horrible deaths and maimings on the job. I can’t help but imagine similar squashings of fully justified revolts happening in the US again now and over the next 10 years or so. Our government isn’t owned by plutocrats – to an overwhelming extent it is made of plutocrats. Trumpism has just revealed that identity much more clearly and unmistakably.
Continue reading “If This Goes On: Labor, Immigration and Activism”
On Friday, February 16, the photos of Donald Trump at a hospital and meeting with first responders began to show up in my newsfeeds. At first, I didn’t see anything past the smug, smirking Presidential buffoon with his absurd grin and thumbs up, and the First Lady in an outfit reminiscent of a Halloween nurse costume.
Continue reading “The Parkland Mass Shooting: A Presidential Photo for the Ages.”
I’m not the only writer facing these challenges. I have an opportunity to study what is working and not working for other writers in my subgenre. And, I have an opportunity to write about where the trends I see may lead. The saying, “May you live in interesting times” is purported to be an ancient Chinese curse. The saying is aptly demonstrated as a curse in real time this year. But its origins are not Chinese at all. Stephen DeLong started researching this quotation in 1996, and managed after several years to trace it back to a 1950’s science fiction story: U-Turn by Duncan H Munro, a pseudonym for Eric Frank Russell. How apropos!
Watch this space.
Are you stumped this year on gifts for your writer friends? I can help! Choosing gifts for writers may seem like a daunting task, but there are so many essentials and nice-to-haves to choose from.
Continue reading “Holiday Gifts for the Writers in your Life”