Stanley Wheeler's Blog, page 17

While scanning through some of the highlighted passages ...

 While scanning through some of the highlighted passages from my reading over the last few years, I assembled these quotes wherein you may find a common theme. Feel free to react like Mr. Wilder here."History is not just a tale of men’s making, but is a thing tied to the land. We call a hill by the name of a hero who died there, or name a river after a princess who fled beside its banks, and when

Interview with Alma AlexanderAuthor ofChanger of Days, F...

 Interview with Alma AlexanderAuthor ofChanger of Days, Fractured Fairy Tales, and The Second StarPlease tellme a little about your current work in progress.Currently wibbling between several projects toembark on – a science fiction novel, an urban fantasy, a historical fantasy, oran epic fantasy follow-up story on my “Changer of Days” novel which has justbeen released as a 20th anniversary

I was all primed to do a review of Top Gun: Maverick wit...

 I was all primed to do a review of Top Gun: Maverick with an additional paragraph or two concluding with how I. Am. Maverick. Fortunately, I decided against that. You're welcome.Yesterday the Corsican brothers were here and set up round two of a miniatures game. I neglected to get pictures. In this case they had to slay a dinosaur (a real challenge) from which they would take a key that would

Interview with J. E. TaylorAuthor ofThe Season of The Dr...

 Interview with J. E. TaylorAuthor ofThe Season of The Dragon Series, A Fractured Fairy Tale Series, and morePlease tellme a little about your current work in progress.My current WIP is a fun foray into vampire huntingthat goes wrong. It’s an Urban Fantasy and the first book in my Shades of Nightseries. My main character works for an agency that hunts monsters and she endsup being on their

Minas Tirith and The Shire: Parallel Problems on a Diffe...

 Minas Tirith and The Shire: Parallel Problems on a Different ScaleIn reviewing my highlights from my reading of The Lord of the Rings, a couple years ago I struck by some parallels between Minas Tirith and the Shire. This isn't a full treatment of the matter, but some simple observations based on fuzzy memory and haphazard highlights.The reader gets an impression of Gondor's great city of Minas

Author Interviewwith JA DuxburyAuthor of Heart of Decept...

 Author Interviewwith JA DuxburyAuthor of Heart of Deception and Dark DimensionsPlease tellme a little about your current work in progress. I am currently working on apartial rewrite of a sequel and a paranormal story.Where didyou get the idea for this book or series? I got the idea of the first book from a dream Ihad.Do youwrite in more than one genre? I do. My chosen genre is sci fi

Here's an essay or at least some ramble about the Declar...

 Here's an essay or at least some ramble about the Declaration of Independence.

Author Interview with Isra Sravenheart Author of The Dar...

 Author Interview with Isra Sravenheart Author of The Dark Spell SeriesPlease tell me a little about your current work in progress. I am currently working on a spin off to my up and coming Dark Spell series that will be completed in Feb/ March 2022. I won’t be revealing too much just yet but it does feature some of our main characters and some of the more unknown ones that have played a part in

Author Interview with Frederick Key Author of: McMann &am...

Author Interview with Frederick Key Author of: McMann & Duck: Private Investigators, Larry and the Mascots, Cobalt Agonistes, and morePlease tell me a little about your currentwork in progress.Last yearI completed a mystery novel entitled McMann & Duck: PrivateInvestigators. It takes place in 1951 in a small Texas town. As I writethis I am polishing up the outline for a sequel that takes

A picture is worth a thousand words, so here's a picture...

 A picture is worth a thousand words, so here's a picture:It may have nothing to do with what I'm about to write, but at least you've got the thousand words you came for.  Then again, it could have everything to do with the where this post is going. I don't know.______________“When a population is dependent on a machine, they are hostages of the men who tend the machines." --