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Leprechauns: Mythology of the Little People 15 Mar 2013 | 11:31 pm
Leprechauns are often stereotyped, misunderstood—especially in the United States—and even maligned, as in a series of 1990s horror films in which the leprechaun is a malevolent little beastie. Leprech...
Wail of the Banshee: Harbinger of Death in Irish Folklore 11 Mar 2013 | 01:15 am
A mournful wail shatters the stillness, rising and falling like ocean waves, echoing through the dark, lonely hills. It is the cry of the Banshee, an omen that someone will die. According to Irish fol...
An American Valentine Story 6 Feb 2013 | 01:06 am
She launched a business empire when she was nineteen years old. Her New England Valentine Company grossed $5,000 in its first year and was earning more than $100,000 annually when she retired in 1881 ...
Annual Report: 2012 in Review 31 Dec 2012 | 09:44 pm
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 4,000 views in 2012. If every person who reac...
Silent Night 25 Dec 2012 | 01:47 am
The following story is based on true events that happened on Christmas Eve in 1818. ********** An icy wind gust slammed into Father Joseph Mohr, but he leaned forward and pressed on through the night,...
Izzy’s Christmas Song 15 Dec 2012 | 03:17 am
Izzy Baline published his first song, “Marie from Sunny Italy,” when he was 19 years old and working as a singing waiter in a Chinatown restaurant. During a career spanning more than eighty years he w...
Writing a Dystopian Novel: Balancing World-Building with Character-Building 10 Sep 2012 | 02:15 am
Occasionally I’ve heard science fiction writers complain that in order to create a future world or alternate reality they have to sacrifice characterization; to create a world and to create characters...
Fifty Shades of Grey Phenomenon 31 Jul 2012 | 11:56 pm
It should not come as a surprise that a book of little literary quality (and I use the word “literary” in the loosest sense) should top the New York Times Best Seller List, but it is irritating when o...
Don’t Waste Time Dwelling on Bad Reviews 23 Jul 2012 | 05:38 am
It is never pleasant to get a bad review. In fact, reading a review that savagely eviscerates the novel you’ve spent months nurturing is one of the most unpleasant experiences a writer can have. This...
Ray Bradbury Embarks On His Last Great Adventure 7 Jun 2012 | 12:50 am
Ray Bradbury once said that there are three great adventures: being born, living, and dying. Last night Bradbury embarked on that last great adventure when he died at his Los Angeles home at the age o...
