During the course of my graduate work, I am seeing increasingly frequent mention of Joseph Campbell and his work in cultural mythology. An understanding of the Heroic Cycle is important for all storytellers, especially writers. However, Campbell’s work infers through its very existence that all humans share the ability to tell a story or at [...]
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Cultural Mythology: Lite
Posted: 28th July 2010 by Eric in Fiction, writingTags: Christopher Vogler, Hero's Journey, Heroic Cycle, Joseph Campbell, mythology, Star Wars
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Summer came the same very year in the north. Started out slow, in tiny bursts. Flowers and trees seemed to shoot up from the earth when you had your back turned. Every time you scrutinized, they froze. Then, the bursts got longer and longer, the flora less and less shy, until finally the whole of [...]
It’s live! The first issue of the interactive magazine: Aviator! Featuring (among others) my short story, Space Whales. Check it out, read it. Tell the Aviator people you loved it and want to see more of me! (flash based)
Anyhow, here it is…Space Whales via Aviator interactive magazine!
Tell them how much you loved my story here!
Sherlock Holmes: Film Review
Posted: 31st December 2009 by Eric in Fiction, Uncategorized, characters, film, reviewsTags: cimena, film reviews, Sherlock Holmes
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One of the things I love about contemporary cinema is the filmmaker’s collective understanding of our extremely short attention spans. Sherlock Holmes is a film that indulges that attention deficiency in the extreme.
While I, and perhaps other members of the audience were expecting something more akin to a mystery, I found myself delighting in the [...]
flash fiction: nutroll
Posted: 28th December 2009 by Eric in Fiction, Uncategorized, free fictionTags: Fiction, flash fiction, writing
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The moon was spying on me, watching me through my little window. The sky was blue and the winter moon was a clear three-quarter full. The only other thing visible from my high window was a massive pine. It was like and angry watcher, its branches fracturing the afternoon blue of the sky.
The moon watched [...]
Book Review: Blood Pact
Posted: 17th December 2009 by Eric in Books, Fiction, reviews, writingTags: Blood Pact, Dan Abnett, Gaunt's Ghosts, Pulp Sci-fi, science fiction, warhammer 40k
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Dan Abnett strikes again with another thrilling installment of the Gaunt’s Ghosts saga. After their marginal victory at Hinzerhaus, the Tanith First and Only are given some much needed downtime. Two years of it.
This story picks up with a Commissar-Colonel Gaunt wondering just how soft he’s gotten. One is reminded of the opening scenes [...]