Nikola Tesla and Elon Musk
Nikola Tesla is likely turning in his grave.
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Signs and Portents
First: This is not a post about a science fiction show.
Catching Up, and a Parable About Yarn
In All’s Well That Ends Well, Shakespeare wrote, "The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together" (Act 4, Scene 3).
Whose Story Is It Anyway? Part One (Memoir)
This week I’m going to talk about a subject that is near and dear to me, one that falls under the general category of the “Ethics of Literary Nonfiction” (who knows, perhaps this series will turn into a book!).
Changing the World One Story at a Time
On Wednesday, May 22, 2024, I had the remarkable experience of spending time with former Rocky Flats workers to commemorate the 55th anniversary of the Mother's Day Fire at the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant.
Equal on Land and Sea: Margaret Brown, Feminism, John Jacob Astor IV, and My Weird Writing Life
2024 marks the 112th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic on her first voyage.
Fires and Those Who Fight Them
I can say I likely owe my life to some brave firefighters.
On Vision and Re-Visioning
How many drafts does it take to finish a story, an essay, a book? Short answer: A lot. I think the best advice I can give to any emerging writer is: Keep your butt in the chair. Persistence is everything. That said, there is a distinct difference between a first draft, a final draft, and everything that falls in-between. That first draft is intuitive, sprawling, digressive, all-inclusive. The…
A New Name
I've just returned from a crazy week in New York, where I was able to complete some final research for my forthcoming biography of Nikola Tesla, and also meet some folks to get started on a new film project (which I can't talk about yet!).
That Surprising, Tiny Detail That Leads to Great Things (Or, Where Did Nikola Tesla Go Drinking in Prague?)
Have you ever wanted to write something and have someone reading it say, “Wow, I love this book because I felt like I was really there!”?