**Hey, sci fi fans, do me a favour and check out my bang-on spoof of 1960’s TV series, “The Prometheus Mission”. You’ll find it by clicking on my Non-Fiction page and, believe me, you’ll love it. Imagine if Gene Roddenberry and Rod Serling had collaborated on a TV show–”The Prometheus Mission” would [...]
Archive for May, 2007
Good Science = Bad Fiction
Posted in Essays and reviews, Literary criticism, Literature, Opinions and Rants, Science fiction, Spleen, fiction, genre, literary, personal, publishing, stephen king, writing on May 29, 2007 | 17 Comments »
Pride: An Exorcism
Posted in Literature, Opinions and Rants, Spleen, confession, memoir, personal, publishing, writing on May 17, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Pride: An Exorcism
“Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.”
Proverbs 16:18
Pride is the primary source of all my troubles. From pride comes envy, self-righteousness, apathy, despair, solipsism, the burning fury that blackens my mood and distorts my perceptions.
Pride tells me I’m a failure because at forty-three I am not [...]
