As promised, I continue on my thoughts that ended Tuesday with the question: is a Them what makes an Us? I mean this on many levels, both from the question of the possibility at all of a single over-arching government to the very creation of social cliques. I am sure somewhere in here I’ll address [...]

It only seems right and fitting for me to talk about natural disasters right now, all things considered.  I’ll try to not be as harsh in my treatment of the subject matter as a certain televangelist as well, although I don’t think that is hard.  Especially since I won’t be talking about anything in particular, [...]

Even a mediocre fictional world has some traditions and concepts in it.  They may be ways of saying hello, ways to mourn the dead, or ways to celebrate the seasons.  They could be religious rites or secular party customs.  And, for an author, one of the greatest moments is when those traditions jump off the [...]

So, one thing I always think about when I’m coming up with a world to write in, and the story I want to write in it, is what kind of civilization is there?  I’m not much a fan of the video-game disparity much of fantasy and SFF genre has.  It’s like, they had so much [...]