As you may have heard me say by now, my goal this year is simple: don’t be butter scraped over too much bread. In other words, I …
Continue Reading about The Craftsman’s Workshop: Slow Productivity and Better Stories
As you may have heard me say by now, my goal this year is simple: don’t be butter scraped over too much bread. In other words, I …
Continue Reading about The Craftsman’s Workshop: Slow Productivity and Better Stories
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Could this be the Star Wars of our time?! . . . . no. Definitely not. Together, Richard and I discuss the final …
Continue Reading about Fantasy For Our Time: Touch the Darkness Again . . .
A certain Tsar collects artisans like trinkets. And what do you think? Of course they all compete for his attention. But once a …
Continue Reading about In a Certain Kingdom: The Wooden Eagle
In this episode, dear friend Richard Rohlin and I continue our discussion on The Rings of Power, picking up with episodes 6 …
Continue Reading about Fantasy For Our Time: The Shadow is a Passing Thing… Or Is It?
In a variation of a familiar story, Prince Ivan is the only one of his three brothers with the vigilance to find the thief of his …
Continue Reading about In a Certain Kingdom: Prince Ivan, the Firebird, and Koschei the Deathless
Once again I'm joined by Richard Rohlin for a lively discussion about the Rings of Power! Together we discuss . . . well, many …
Continue Reading about Fantasy For Our Time: There Is a Tempest in Me . . .
At last, what you've all been waiting for . . . I discuss The Rings of Power! My friend Richard Rohlin joins me for a …
Continue Reading about Fantasy For Our Time: Without My Sword . . . What Am I?
This is the final video of my series on accepting unexpected hardships and using stories to help overcome them in a lasting …
Welcome to week three of our series exploring how good stories can help us survive difficulty and come out stronger, living a …
Little Prince Ivan was born dumb, and his parents couldn't wait to have another child. Anything was better than a voiceless future …
Welcome to the second episode in my series on finding resilience and courage during unexpectedly difficult times, all through the …
In an age of information overload, we need, more than ever, to find someone to help us make sense of it all. But there are …
One of the biggest questions of our age is what we are to make of ourselves in a post-pandemic reality. If we allow it, hardship …
Continue Reading about Fantasy For Our Time: What Aragorn Can Teach Us About the Deep Life
We all have questions about what is the right way to live. Popular narratives seem to push a worldview of self-preservation no …
Today we're happy to share two shorter stories, one called "Just Like Salt" and the other the return of everyone's favorite …
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I've noticed a trend in entertainment recently. It seems as though some strange anachronistic lens has been placed over history …
Today, I continue my examination of time in fantasy and sci-fi literature. What is time? Is it a line, a circle, or some …
Continue Reading about Fantasy For Our Time: When the Movie is Actually BETTER Than the Book