Just before our daughter joined us a couple of months ago, I finished Part I of the novel that began brewing in my head during a train ride about two years ago. It began as an interesting idea about a dystopian future scenario, and blossomed from there for a year or so, percolating slowly inContinue reading “The Nature of a Hero”
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The Nature of a Reluctant Hero
A few years ago (has it really been that long?), I spent a lot of time putting thoughts together here on the nature of a hero. Those conclusions still spring to mind for me occasionally, and, given some recent events in my life coinciding with just finishing a Green Lantern novel that I picked upContinue reading “The Nature of a Reluctant Hero”
Superhero Role Models and Censorship
When I was in elementary school, society was in the era of “don’t do drugs.” Each generation seems to have its own popular message that all school children must hear, and this was ours. Drugs symbolized all that were evil, and, like all important cultural messages, we entrusted this to our fictional role models to reinforce. IContinue reading “Superhero Role Models and Censorship”
Heroic Actions to End Bullying
I’ve been intending to write about this for over a week now (he says as he blows the dust off of his neglected blog), but have you seen these variant covers that Marvel comics did for STOMP Out Bullying? If you haven’t, take a moment to look. Marvel Entertainment was approached by the national anti-bullyingContinue reading “Heroic Actions to End Bullying”
How to be a Hero?
School has finished, and the career change that was a part of my New Year’s resolutions is underway. I begin a brand new position this week, and, in the transition time between being a full-time student and re-joining the world of the 9-5, I was enjoying a long weekend. Monday evening, some errands drew meContinue reading “How to be a Hero?”