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12 Children’s Stories Adults Will Love Too
In this list I’ve included tales that involve the magical, the scary, the unlikely, the hilarious, and even the seemingly mundane that make up what I believe to be some of the best reads in this category.
How to Create Characters that Drive Plot
This excellent and relatively quick exercise consists of answering fewer than 30 questions about your character.
7 Essential Fantasy Series
My hope is that if you’re a lifetime fantasy fan like myself you’ll recognize some solid pillars of the genre while discovering a few new and promising titles too.
6 Writing Tips from Jerry Seinfeld
His style comes across as so effortless and fun that it’s enough to make you believe it might just be possible for you to tell great jokes too. That is, until you try.
Kurt Vonnegut on the Shapes of Stories
Kurt Vonnegut is one of my all time favorite authors. I’m in awe of his ability to communicate volumes in a single sentence. Especially since his sentences are so often funny on top of being so damn clever.
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Humanism
What is Humanism? A Comprehensive Guide
If you’re a fan of science, liberal arts, democracy, and human rights you may also like humanism.
What is a Humanist and How do they Live? (5 Examples)
It’s a common misunderstanding, but humanism is not a religion and identifying as a humanist is not a profession of faith. In a lot of ways, it’s kind of the opposite.
How to Find and Join a Local Humanist Community in the United States
In the United States finding and joining a local humanist community can be difficult. Not because they’re unwelcoming or exclusive, but because so few of them exist.
What is a Humanist Celebrant?
In the Humanist Movement there are two types of secular clergy who serve their local communities. The first, which I covered in my previous post, is a Humanist Chaplain. The second, is a Humanist Celebrant.
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Recommended Reading (Books)
An Epic Introduction to The Wheel of Time
This is a streamlined summary of the lore and history of The Wheel of Time fantasy series by Robert Jordan (finished posthumously by Brandon Sanderson), beginning with the creation of its universe and ending with the events leading up to the first book.
20 Best Books I Read this Year (2023)
This year my reading took me from the dawn of humans on Earth to their distant future in space, with some notable stops along the way.
Retelling the Stories of Our Lives: Everyday Narrative Therapy to Draw Inspiration and Transform Experience
In a few hundred pages of incredibly readable and straightforward text, author and narrative therapist David Denborough unpacks some stunning insights into how stories shape both our internal and external lives.
Winning the Story Wars: Archetypal Marketing in the Digital Era
Winning the Story Wars contains a lot of commentary on the state of marketing today (broadcast era vs. “digitoral era” and empowerment marketing vs. the “evil” or “dark art” of marketing) but at its core it brings to light and then clarifies a few key insights.