Monthly Archives: August 2014

Bookshelf: Apuleius

Posted on August 29, 2014 by David

The climax of The Golden Ass is when Lucius is transformed from donkey back to human form by the goddess Isis, in order to be initiated. Here’s what he says about the rites directly: “Listen then, but believe; for what … Continue reading →

Posted in Bookshelf | Tagged Apuleius, Isis, Joseph and Aseneth, Mysteries, Pseudepigrapha, The Golden Ass | Leave a comment

Soundly

Posted on August 28, 2014 by David

P.S. Do you know, I meant to hurl that nasty statuette into the tall grass, but I suppose I must have forgotten to do so? As I lay down on my saddle blankets, I saw it crouching at the edges … Continue reading →

Posted in Writing Sample | Tagged Frontier Eldritch, Seven Stars, The Good the Bad and the Eldritch | Leave a comment

Everything

Posted on August 23, 2014 by David

“Immo vero” inquam “Impertite sermonis non quidem curiosum, sed qui velim scire vel cuncta vel certe plurima…” “No, please,” I said, “let me in on this — not that I’m nosy, it’s just that I’m the sort of person who … Continue reading →

Posted in Quotation | Tagged Apuleius, Greater Light and Knowledge, The Golden Ass | Leave a comment

Top 5 Tips

Posted on August 22, 2014 by David

See it on YouTube — come find me at SLComicCon to discuss.

Posted in Conventions | Tagged Adam Salazar, Fantasy, How to Write, J.R.R. Tolkien, Narnia, Science Fiction, SLC Comic Con, Star Wars, Superman, The Hunger Games, Weber State University | Leave a comment

Gangrene

Posted on August 21, 2014 by David

This year, the Gangrene Film Festival is branching out by adding a second day (August 30) that will be a Creative Symposium. I’ll be part of the symposium, first doing a Choose Your Own Apocalypse event with the Space Balrogs … Continue reading →

Posted in Conventions | Tagged Choose Your Own Apocalypse, Gangrene Creative Symposium, Gangrene Film Festival, Space Balrogs, Steampunk | Leave a comment

Bookshelf: This Darkness Light

Posted on August 20, 2014 by David

Not content to start his latest with a bang, Michaelbrent Collings starts it with three simultaneous explosions: a vacillating U.S. president apparently led by a mysterious person known only as ‘X’ into authorizing missile strikes on a civilian population against … Continue reading →

Posted in Bookshelf | Tagged Action, Assassins, End of the World, Michaelbrent Collings, This Darkness Light, Thriller, US President | Leave a comment

What Has Happened

Posted on August 19, 2014 by David

I’ve just finished reading Rust Hills’s book Writing in General and the Short Story in Particular. I’ve quoted him a few times, and could have quoted him more; I feel compelled to wind up my reading with the sharing of … Continue reading →

Posted in Quotation | Tagged Business, Publishing, Rush Hills, Writing in General and the Short Story in Particular | Leave a comment

The Less Clear We’d Be

Posted on August 18, 2014 by David

“It’s true that the basic way we know the personality of others is by their behavior, but we are often aware of a discrepancy between our own horrid actions and our own nice selves, and we can sometimes extend this … Continue reading →