The Literary Mercenary

Too often when we write we focus exclusively on our cast of characters, and what they're doing. However, we sometimes forget that for th...

With all the things that have happened since mid-November, I haven't yet had a chance to touch on some of the pearls of wisdom I brought...

The phrase cat's paw, according to Merriam-Webster , refers to an old fable where a monkey uses a cat's paw to get chestnuts out of ...

A little while ago I was reading a short story whose simple premise was that an abusive husband is paranoid his wife is going to kill him. A...

I try to talk a lot about inclusion here on my blog, firstly because I want to help people avoid making writing mistakes, and secondly becau...

Let's open this entry by talking about Ghostbusters . It's a classic movie, and it's become part of our cultural mythology (alon...