How can a fantasy series celebrate reason and science? The Memoirs of Lady Trent does it through the main character who is a dragon naturalist. Isabella is passionate about studying dragons, and despite societal pressure, she travels the world to do so. The five-book...
Both major political parties seem to agree that the United States of America is a democracy. Over the past few decades, major figures from both the Democratic and the Republican Party have repeatedly claimed this. But, it isn’t true. In my newest Substack post, I...
Have you ever caught yourself thinking about an issue so much that it prevents you from pondering a topic you would really like to explore? Also, have you ever dedicated more time than necessary to a subject you already know a lot about? If so, you are probably...
How much did you get done today? How much of it helped you progress your long-term goals? “Cheap productivity” is my term for when we do a task that—although useful and productive—enables us to put off some more important or daunting task. Often, it takes the form of...
Is it possible to make an Edgar Allen Poe story both more rational and more creepy? T. Kingfisher achieves just that in the first book of her Sworn Soldier series, What Moves the Dead. She similarly adapts an old folk legend into an engrossing story in What Feasts at...
