Behind the Book: Grim
Grim began with one scene at the crucifixion and grew into a novel about a reaper who attends death across all of history. Here is the story behind it.
Tag: Philosophy
Every book argues something, even the ones that pretend not to. These articles cover philosophy as it meets writing: the ideas underneath stories, the ethics of putting words in the world, and the occasional detour into questions with no deadline.
Book WritingCybersecurity, Memoir and Philosophy Are the Same Job
People assume the range is a problem. What transfers between a security book and a memoir is almost everything that matters.
ConsciousnessI Got Tired of Religious Answers That Did Not Match Reality
I did not set out to write theology. I started trying to make sense of existence because the explanations I grew up with created more problems than they solved.
BiasI Have Owned a Lucky Shirt. I Have Knocked on Wood.
I am not immune to any of this. The question is never whether you think irrationally. It is whether anybody has died of it.
Genre Writing GuidesGhost Stories and Why We Keep Telling Them: From Fiction to Philosophy
From ancient oral traditions to modern horror, ghost stories tap the same deep nerve: the fear of death, the question of after, the suspicion that the line between living and dead is thinner than we admit. I work in this…
BiasThe Logical Fallacies Wrecking Our Discourse
When intelligent people make terrible arguments, logical fallacies are usually the culprit. They are wrecking our capacity for productive conversation, and social media turned it into a spectator sport. Here are the ten I see most often, with the fixes.
BiasReligious Echo Chambers: When Faith Becomes a Fortress
Faith grounds people, comforts them, sparks real compassion. It can also become a fortress, and not only in the sit-in-a-pew sense, churches, YouTube prophets, TikTok mystics, and Facebook prayer groups all wall off questioning. When belief hardens into identity and…
Character DevelopmentThe Storytelling Genius of Viva La Dirt League: How Gaming Comedy Masters Universal Narrative
A knight asks a farmer for directions, walks three steps, returns, and asks again, and again, and what looks like absurdist comedy is really a meditation on free will and being programmed to serve someone else's story. Viva La Dirt…
BiasEcho Chambers: Why You Are in More Than You Think
Here is something nobody wants to hear: you are an echo chamber, from birth. Every human absorbs the beliefs of whatever environment they land in, and most never audit the software. Here is why you are in more echo chambers…