Tell all the truth but tell it slant —Success in Circuit liesToo bright for our infirm DelightThe Truth’s superb surpriseAs Lightning to the Children easedWith explanation kindThe Truth must dazzle graduallyOr every man be blind — – Emily Dickinson A few weeks ago I discussed the play Hamlet in relation to …
Virtue is its own reward, and brings with it the truest and highest pleasure; but if we cultivate it only for pleasure’s sake, we are selfish, not religious, and will never gain the pleasure, because we can never have the virtue – John Henry Newman Writing is not for the …
I have a confession to make. I haven’t written in over a week. It may not sound like a big deal to you, but for me it has been quite troubling. And of course I have my reasons, that is to say my excuses. I was traveling for a while …
Welcome to the next post in The Adventures of Roland! You can find all the previous posts in Roland’s escapades here. Each installment typically comes out around once per month. I hope you enjoy! Also as an FYI this the final post of the original short story which I wrote …
Yet for them the lilac renewed its leaf, And the aged elm, though touched with fire; And the dry pump flung up an awkward arm; And the fence post carried a strand of wire. For them there was really nothing sad. – Robert Frost, from “The Need of Being Versed …
Welcome to the second post in The Adventures of Roland! You can find all the previous posts in Roland’s escapades here. Each installment typically comes out around once per month. I hope you enjoy! —-THE ADVENTURES OF ROLAND—- Turning the key and walking in, he breathed in deeply. …
A person who publishes a book willfully appears before the populace with his pants down. If it is a good book nothing can hurt him. If it is a bad book nothing can help him. – Edna St. Vincent Millay I realized recently that because I’m working on a novel …
I am a part of all that I have met; Yet all experience is an arch wherethro’ Gleams that untravell’d world whose margin fades For ever and forever when I move. Alfred Lord Tennyson, from “Ulysses” In my series on How To Write Everyday, Step 1 is Inspiration. And …
Forgetfulness, dumbness, necessity! In chains of the mind locked up, Like fetters of ice shrinking together, Disorganiz’d, rent from Eternity. William Blake, from “The Book of Urizen” We all set goals and have aspirations. I myself have written numerous posts regarding writing and how to write every …
It was a sunny afternoon in Pittsburgh. I was sitting in my parked car just outside the music building. I was laid back in the driver’s seat, my foot hanging out the window, and looking up at the Cathedral of Learning across the street. I remember the diffused orange glint …
