Morality: objective or subjective?
This is a question that Molly wrestled with throughout her upcoming life. It’s fascinating to me that she toyed with the idea of an objective moral truth at such a young age, before her travels and...
View ArticlePardon me, can my son get his frog back?
Camp Meeting at Pleasant Grove in Waxhaw North Carolina is as impossible to explain as it is enjoyable. If you haven’t been here, you’ll never be able to grasp why thousands of people look forward to...
View ArticleReview Page
Unless you’re peering at this post through a straw, you’ve probably noticed a smattering of reviews have invaded the site. That’s right, I now have a page of reviews. Check out the link on the sidebar...
View ArticleYay! We’re getting spambots!
Is it a sign of Molly’s rise to stardom? Or is it the inevitable fate of any WordPress site that tries to make the site friendly to commenters? YES! We get one or two of these comments a day with links...
View ArticleA Saner Interpretation
Last night was a long time coming. After watching the setback of Prop 8 in California (the appeal is probably heading to the Supreme Court), the legalization of same-sex marriage in New York feels...
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Amazonian Love Affair
I was a handful as a child. My mother raised three of us on her own, often working three jobs, and I didn’t make it terribly easy on her. Even before my parents divorced, I was a lot to wrangle. But...
View ArticleSan Diego Comic Con
Gonna be at SDCC? Here’s where to find me: Thursday, 11am, Inkshares panel on publishing with the legendary Gary Whitta Friday, 1pm, a panel on adaptations with Nicole Perlman, Gary Whitta, and Jimmy...
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Follow Your Favorite Authors
I’ve had a few Twitter followers ask me to update them when new releases come out. Guess what? Amazon has this figured out for us. They’ve got a new “Follow” feature they’ve been rolling out the past...
View ArticleUniversal Truths
Everything is different here. They drive on the wrong side of the road. The clutch is where it should be, but I’m sitting in the right hand side of the car, driving on the left hand side of the yellow...
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I Want Amazon Bookstores
In case you’ve been out of the loop, Amazon has opened a physical bookstore in Seattle. Yeah, a physical store from the online giant. It’s not your typical bookstore, though. For one thing, there are...
View ArticleThe End of Privacy and Capitalism
Privacy and capitalism both need to come to an end. Both will come to an end, if we’re lucky. Which should piss off just about everyone reading this. Those on the right will scream that capitalism is...
View ArticleIt Has Never Been Easier
There’s a dangerous meme in the publishing world that says self-publishing was easier in 2009 and is much harder today. But nothing could be further from the truth. The exact opposite is the case....
View ArticleLife Isn’t Fair
“Life isn’t fair,” my mom used to say, defusing whatever injustice I was whining about at the time. It’s the perfect conversation ender between parent and child. My mom wasn’t disagreeing with my...
View ArticleThe Reboot DC Should’ve Done
Reboots are common in the comicbook world. Characters are rebooted all the time. Movie franchises are rebooted. The dead are brought back to life; separate dimensions are used to reseed character...
View ArticleWOOL in Your Words
I want to hear your version of WOOL in your own words. Shoot a brief video, landscape orientation, from the shoulders up. Check out my video above for details. When you’re done, send your videos to:...
View ArticleA Crushing Defeat
Immigration reciprocity is nasty business. If you’ve ever been to Brazil as an American, you’ve seen this in action. It works like this: However difficult country A makes it for citizens of country B...
View ArticleTED Summit 2016
I’m currently in Banff at TEDSummit 2016. It’s only the third day, and already I feel intellectually and emotionally drained. The talks yesterday were fantastic, and I woke up still thinking about them...
View ArticleWho I Am
I don’t think people change much. We change a little over time, but probably not as much nor as easily as we would like. We have our personalities, which our parents see early on, and we seem to carry...
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Art, Science, and the Future of Work
Almost all technological and scientific progress is inevitable. New discoveries become possible due to the foundation of prior discoveries (and technologies). New technologies becomes possible due to...
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The Scaffolding
I’ll never forget where I was sitting, and what I was thinking, when I first felt pity — rather than anger — for a bigot. This was back at the College of Charleston. I was head over heels for a girl...
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