Monthly Archives: December 2016

Good Advice (a few lines from my WIP)

Posted on December 29, 2016 by David

“A sedan.” Hop nodded again. “She does not touch the ground. And she has others with her, and they look harmless.” “Call no man harmless until he is dead,” Bill said. “My education ended early, but I believe I remember … Continue reading →

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Tribes

Posted on December 7, 2016 by David

I am reading (and enjoying the hell out of) Deirdre McCloskey’s Bourgeois Virtues. That book and its arguments are much bigger than this tiny blog post, but a minor point in the book (the alleged fragmentation of modern, that is … Continue reading →

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A New World Obsession

Posted on December 5, 2016 by David

I’m neck-deep in the WITCHY EYE setting and stories, and wanted to share this quote from the book (it’s in the POV of Obadiah Dogsbody, rough English factotum to a Yankee wizard-priest): The Tarock was a New World obsession, something … Continue reading →