My historical fiction blog is called Tea at Trianon. I post daily on matters of faith, culture and history, with an emphasis on the French Revolution. The blog has about 65,000 hits a month, with roughly 20,000 unique visitors a month. It has led me to meet fascinating people from […]
Picture It! by John McNichol
[Editor’s Note: This is John McNichol’s first column for our Catholic Fiction Saturdays. John blogs at Young Chesterton Chronicles, and is the author of The Tripods Attack and The Emperor of North America, both now available in e-book format at Amazon. He is currently working on the third installment in […]
Writing The Alien Alien
For the writer of speculative fiction, there’s a dodge most of us use—the human dressed in the alien suit. I don’t mean the guy dressed in a serape, lederhosen, Zulu head-ring, and carrying a samurai sword and boomerang (though it does make for an interesting picture); no, rather an alien […]
Lies, Damn Lies, Statistics, & "Slice of Life"
Posted by Walt “Slice of Life” writers, such as Ernie Pyle, Erma Bombeck, and Dave Barry, have occasionally been accused of exaggeration. A charge often leveled by parents, spouses, offspring, and just about anyone else who enjoys the gift of knowing them. To which I say: “Tosh” (and other words […]