Does the news cycle depress you? Have you lost any hope in the emergence of a hero for our time who might direct our political …
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Does the news cycle depress you? Have you lost any hope in the emergence of a hero for our time who might direct our political …
Continue Reading about A Hero for Our Time: Prince Dimitry Pozharsky
As I mentioned in a previous blog post, I’ve been slowly hammering away at a screenplay based on the life of St. Olga of Kiev. …
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Well, it looks like winter's finally done. After a snowstorm on April 30, we've finally made it over the hump. It's been 80 …
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This week, we conclude the amazing story of Anna Dostoyevskaya, the woman without whom Dostoyevsky would never have written his …
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Last week, you were introduced to one of the most fascinating and fruitful romances of literary history. Feodor and Anna …
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This week is my third novel’s birthday. It’s been a long process to get it into print, and the many rewrites and adjustments are …
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I’m less than a week away from officially launching book three of my Raven Son series, The Heart of the World. It’s a book that’s …
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Funding the publication of your own books is not cheap. This is where crowdfunding comes in! Read on to find out how to get …
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It's a short post today, about as much as a toddler-induced headache can muster. But I found an interesting article about a …
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A few days ago, I checked the weather for the week. Today in Jordanville it was supposed to be in the forties and raining. But …
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The end of the year should be a time of quiet reflection. The weather here around Jordanville encourages this with its cold, …
Continue Reading about Goodbye 2017: Reflections on My Self Publishing Journey and Future Plans
Stereotypes are a funny thing. On the one hand, they’re often no more than caricatures. On the other hand, there’s a surprising …
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The problem of power and personality is one that has fascinated people from the beginning of history. We are going to through our …
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Have you read Evgenii Vodolazkin’s excellent novel Laurus? If you haven’t, you’ve deprived yourselves of a rare experience of …
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Last week, we delved into the early life and work of Mikhail Nesterov , an artist who was, in many ways, a bridge. He bridged …
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The end of the 19th and turn of the 20th century was a period of rich cultural growth for Russia. As the empire expanded, the …
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This week has been even more distressing than usual. And it’s been a pretty distressing year. Frequent terrorist attacks, a …
Continue Reading about Heroes from Slavic Mythology: Ivan the Idiot (or the Genius?!)
Exactly a month ago, I hit the "go" button on a new phase in my authorly adventures and I self published my first book, The Song …