by envisionmg | Nov 21, 2017 | Jim Recommends, What I'm Reading Now
I fell down a bit of a Holy Roman Empire reading rabbit hole (as one does). It started with an obligatory read of a Martin Luther biography and went from there. Martin Luther: Renegade and Prophet by Lyndal Roper. Ok technically I’ve already read this book. This...
by envisionmg | Nov 15, 2017 | Michelle Recommends, Non-fiction
What inspires you? That’s the simple, but profound question posed to forty-six renowned authors in LIGHT THE DARK. Each writer begins with a favorite passage from a novel, a song, a poem—something that gets them started and keeps them going with the creative...
by envisionmg | Nov 13, 2017 | Reading Lists
“We tell ourselves stories to live…” It’s a boon if you’ve dipped into Joan Didion’s oeuvre prior to watching The Center Will Not Hold (directed by Didion’s nephew Griffin Dunne), but is it necessary? In my opinion, no. As a...
by envisionmg | Nov 9, 2017 | National Novel Writing Month
November is National Novel Writing Month and folks will be working feverishly to write 50,000 words in thirty days. I would like to suggest some alternate forms of digital writing. A novel need not be a collection of text; images and other media can be used to tell a...
by envisionmg | Nov 7, 2017 | Non-fiction, Reading Lists
Aliens: The World’s Leading Scientists on the Search for Extraterrestrial Life By Jim Al-Khalili Is there anybody out there? Are we all alone in the cosmos? Science hasn’t answered this question yet, but it’s not for lack of trying. This book contains essays...
