Sometimes it can be constructive to get out a little anger about those things in writing that really tick us off. The things that really get under our skin about bad writing, and what leaps off the page as a sign that the author either has no talent or isn't trying hard enough. What do you hate most...

Take surrealism. Mix in Hemingway, John Dos Passos, Orson Welles, Rita Hayworth, The Lady from Shanghai, the "Big Blow" of 1935, the Spanish Civil War, the Black Dahlia, and Castro's conquest of Cuba and you have the sweep of this book. Now, mix in noir prose (a hard-bitten style that seems to thriv...

The Impossible Planet - "Toshiba's new household robot, the ApriAttenda, may have a humiliatingly cute cartoon face, but its robot brain plots murder." The Zap Gun - "Israel used a slew of new weapons in new ways, during its assault on Hamas earlier this year..." A Scanner Darkly - "No one denies th...

As a photographer that photographs models, there’s two primary goals that any website that tries to connect models and photographers should aim for: 1. Assisting a photographer in finding the right model. 2. Assisting the client in finding the right photographer. All else is peripheral. The id...

Nonfiction:   I can't stand it anymore, I have to tell you what I'm working on.  I am writing a book based on the same idea as the Archetype site: a guide to help writers get the psychology right in their fiction! The book will have far greater breadth than the site, and go into much ...

Writing from the Philippines, Lode Wostyn situates the Pope’s book within the development of Christology after Vatican II (East Asian Pastoral Review 45.1, 2008). “Ratzinger’s Christology goes beyond the Councils of Nicaea-Chalcedon by simply erasing all the disagreements and ambiguities that ...

In What He Must Be …If He Wants to Marry My Daughter Voddie Baucham Jr. does Christian dads a favor.  He challenges them with a biblical vision of Christian courtship; and he cushions his challenge with a clear cut, easy to read, guide for how to think and plan about their daughter’s fu...

guest post by Hugh D’Andrade I’ve been attending the Bay Area Anarchist Bookfair (and creating graphics for it) for at least five years now, and the thing I love about it is the sheer size and cacophony of the event. You step inside and find booth after booth full of books, pamphlets, an...

I feel like I'm reading more slowly these days. A combination of cross-stitch and preoccupation, I think. That said 21. Mean Streets by Jim Butcher, Simon R Green, Kat Richardson and Thomas Sniegoski. Four novellas about detectives in urban fantasy settings. The Butcher was of a piece, and enjoyable...

"Who is the Antichrist?"..."I am convinced that Christians should free themselves from the idea that the Antichrist can come from anywhere, Heaven or Hell, and that he will manifest himself s an evil person who will impose his dominion by force. Dear friends, the contrary is the case. The Antichrist...