It's Harder Not To

In my first three installments I looked at culture wars in history and literature, how they have popped up in mystery writing resulting in...

In my first  entry to this series, I presented the broader picture of how a culture war is playing out in America as to who gets to tell his...

In the first installment , I examined the culture wars taking place as the storytellers of history — and science fiction — have been changin...

In this post I have three parts to present. First, the context of my piece: a battle is being fought over who should tell the narrative of h...

Writing and sending out manuscripts for decades now, I've had my share of rejections. From the submission tracker Duotrope, I am told th...

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