The past couple years, if not more, we’ve heard the argument about what constitutes someone getting cancelled, following an outcry about the dangers of “cancel culture.” In turn, those who are for cancelling people for mistakes, transgressions, or outright bad behavior call it “consequence culture.” Those who are for cancel…

Women’s Month is almost over, but I can’t help but share my thoughts. What is a woman? She is a mother. She is a sister. She is a daughter. She may not be all these things. In fact, a woman can be anything she wants to be. …

Plato, as most people know, was a famous ancient Greek philosopher, living in the BC era, and not a compound for modeling (that would be playdough, boys and girls). Like that of his mentor Socrates, Plato was on a quest to find out the truth, for in truth therein was…

Computer games, whether they be for desktop/laptop or console, like any other art form, are capable of telling beautiful stories and functioning as beautiful works of art. Gamers have their own games that are on par with some of the great literature and classic movies. These are games that move…

Disney is a childhood staple for many of us. It reminds us of the magic we felt when were children. As of late, there have been valid complaints and criticisms about how the company has been run under Bob Chapek, with the raising of park prices and the cutting of…

Computer or video games tend to glorify worlds of grande adventure. There’s Mario traversing magical landscapes of deserts and pyramids, boarding airships, and going down pipes that lead to dungeons and seas, all in his quest to save Princess Peach Toadstool from the dragon Bowser. Or perhaps you suit Samus…

Note: This article is from my old Wordpress blog. I have since slightly modified it, and I need to get back into journaling. In our daily lives with our busy schedules, taking time to journal, especially when we are already writers, seems like a waste of time when we could…

Just sit down at the computer (or the typewriter) and type out your story. It sounds simple enough. But if that’s the case, why can it be so hard to be motivated? On the surface, it would appear that the problem is laziness. At least that’s what I used to…

You work hard on your manuscript. Maybe it’s a children’s book, cute and charming like something Maurice Sendake would write. Maybe it’s a novella, something compact and powerful like Fahrenheit 451. Maybe it’s something grander, say a novel over a thousand pages, the next War and Peace. However, human nature…