Sir Patrick Stewart: A Tribute
Sir Patrick Stewart died on October 28, 2026, at 86. I first saw him as Sejanus in I, Claudius, and in my mind he's the reason Star Trek kept going.
Tag: Grief and Loss
Grief is the price of attachment, and fiction keeps trying to make the invoice legible. This tag collects reviews and essays on stories about loss: mourning rendered honestly, and the strange comfort of watching it done well.
Grief and LossWalter Koenig: A Tribute
Walter Koenig died on October 25, 2026, at 90. I watched him as Ensign Chekov when Star Trek first aired, and to me he epitomized the idealism of the show.
Grief and LossGar Travis: A Tribute to One of the Best Faire Photographers
Gar Travis was a Coast Guard veteran, a senior numismatist and one of the best photographers ever to work the Renaissance Pleasure Faire. His website is gone. This tribute keeps a few of his photographs, and one very good joke…
Grief and LossSir Sam Neill: A Tribute
A fan's tribute to Sam Neill, who died on July 13, 2026. Reilly, Ace of Spies, Jurassic Park and Event Horizon earn him a place here, and he always struck me as a genuinely nice person.
FearThe Two Times the Desert Nearly Kept Me
I rolled down a Kelso dune at dawn with nobody for miles, and I got lost in Joshua Tree half a mile from the road. Here are both stories and what I'd tell anyone hiking the desert alone.
Grief and LossWhen Caregiving Ends and the Words Won’t Come
When caregiving ends, a lot of writers find the words stop with it. Why grief and burnout stall your writing, how long it lasts, and what kept me sane when my wife was sick.
FamilyGhostwriting a Tribute Book, Eulogy or Obituary for Someone You Lost
A ghostwriter can turn the stories of everyone who knew a person into a tribute book. Richard Lowe explains how a tribute book differs from a eulogy or obituary, what the family needs to gather, and why the flaws belong…
FamilyCan a Ghostwriter Help Me Write About Losing Someone to Suicide?
If you want to write about losing someone to suicide, a ghostwriter can help you do it with care. Build the book around the person and the life you've lived since, keep the method off the page, and take the…
FamilyCan a Ghostwriter Help Me Write an Infertility or Adoption Memoir?
Infertility and adoption stories rarely get told at the dinner table, and a memoir is where they belong. A ghostwriter can help you write one while protecting your partner, the birth parents and the child at the center of it.
Book ReviewsThe Year of Firsts
Deanna Bennett's memoir of the first year after her husband Tom died, holiday by holiday, from the depths of sorrow to the start of a new life. A tribute and a review.
BellydanceAyse Cerami Tribute
Remembering Ayse Cerami, a tribal style belly dancer with the She'enedra troupe who said everything in the dance and almost nothing otherwise.
CommunicationHe Handed Them the Microphone: A Tribute to Charlie Kirk
I never met Charlie Kirk, never read his books, and never listened to his show. What I saw were the campus clips, where he sat at a folding table under a Prove Me Wrong sign and let students line up…