(Part 1 can be found here.) When I hear a literary scholar lecturing a class on how to interpret a story, I find the take interesting, but I certainly don’t consider it the only way to interpret the story. Some professors get particularly smug and feel it is the only way, though, to the pointContinue reading “Different Interpretations are Okay (final)”
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Different Interpretations are Okay (part 3)
Comic books have always been political. That’s their argument. They push it even further by saying all art is political, and they’ll cherry-pick specific comic book panels to gaslight you into believing that every single title you’ve ever enjoyed is–and always has been–propagandized, all to get you to shut up and swallow Current Year propaganda.Continue reading “Different Interpretations are Okay (part 3)”
Different Interpretations are Okay (part 2)
YouTube personality “Az” of HeelvsBabyface recently said modern AAA game studios are “boring”. He’s right. They have nothing left to say. Nothing new, anyway. Nothing you don’t constantly see repeated on TV commercials or in Hollywood movies. The “brave” political statements you’re seeing in AAA games are the same stale statements you see spewed fromContinue reading “Different Interpretations are Okay (part 2)”
Different Interpretations are Okay (part 1)
Just a few days ago, someone suggested to me that the only valid answer to the Riddle of Steel is “Will”. I did discuss that Will is the typical Nietzschean answer in my article, and even acknowledged that the movie opens with a quote from Nietzsche himself. I also acknowledged that there are many possibleContinue reading “Different Interpretations are Okay (part 1)”
Leveling Up from a Wannabe Grifter
In the author Twittersphere, it seems there are creators, wannabes, and grifters. Lately I’ve felt like a #WritingCommunity wannabe and grifter, trying to build an audience when I have nothing published. After getting my rejection letter, I don’t have a follow-up plan on which short fiction magazines to try next. I am not aware ofContinue reading “Leveling Up from a Wannabe Grifter”
The Riddle of Iron: The Answer
The time has come to face Crom. It’s been a long journey. I could keep reading Appendix N entries and #IronAge offerings until I’m blue in the face, but the same answers keep bubbling to the surface. I now climb the hill to stand before his judgmental eyes, wearied, palms sweaty, my first and onlyContinue reading “The Riddle of Iron: The Answer”
I Need a Win
I knew when I took a first stab at submitting a short story, there was a pretty good chance I wasn’t going to make it. I figured getting a rejection letter or my first publication were both desirable scenarios. Either outcome would be a win, I told myself. It’s said that every author needs rejectionContinue reading “I Need a Win”
The Riddle of Iron Part 11: Sword and Sorcery in Unexpected Places #3: The Mandalorian
Let’s solve the Riddle of Iron once and for all, for the glory of the #IronAge! Part 1. (What is Sword & Sorcery?) Part 2. (The Tower of the Elephant) Part 3. (Jirel of Joiry) Part 4. (The Historic Riddle of Steel) Part 5. (The meaning behind the Riddle of Steel in the ‘Conan the Barbarian’ motion picture) Part 6. (The Importance ofContinue reading “The Riddle of Iron Part 11: Sword and Sorcery in Unexpected Places #3: The Mandalorian”
The Riddle of Iron Part 10: Sword and Sorcery in Unexpected Places #2: Goblin Slayer
I believe we’re closing in on the answer to the Riddle of Iron. Let’s see what else we can figure out for the glory of the #IronAge! Part 1. (What is Sword & Sorcery?) Sword and Sorcery in Unexpected Places #2: Goblin Slayer I’m going to talk about the first season of the anime here. Not theContinue reading “The Riddle of Iron Part 10: Sword and Sorcery in Unexpected Places #2: Goblin Slayer”
The Riddle of Iron Part 7: What exactly IS the Iron Age?
Part 1. (What is Sword & Sorcery?) Part 2. (The Tower of the Elephant) Part 3. (Jirel of Joiry) Part 4. (The Historic Riddle of Steel) Part 5. (The meaning behind the Riddle of Steel in the ‘Conan the Barbarian’ motion picture) Part 6. (The Importance of “Appendix N”) Join me as I try to answer “The Riddle of Iron” in a continuedContinue reading “The Riddle of Iron Part 7: What exactly IS the Iron Age?”
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