Scratch That

I'd like to address a few topics in this post: a series of epic stature written by the brilliant and absolutely crazy Stephen King, my own (comparatively paltry) writing life, and a suggestion to my fellow literary enthusiasts. The Dark Tower I've been savoring The Dark Tower series over the past year or two. It boasts a total of 1,334,631 words (according to our helpful pal, Wikipedia) and uses them well, weaving a tale that spans worlds, realms, times, lives, and the enormous, tumultuous reach of good and evil. The story intrigues, amazes, and dumbfounds me, and references a diverse string of other creative works: WB Yeats' and Robert Browning's poems, the Marvel Universe, the Wizard of Oz, King's own writing, the book of Revelation. King usually writes in the genre of horror, yet while there are twisted monsters and demons, I see this story as a darker version of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. A word of caution: dark and mature themes regularly appear.

Hey everyone! It's been forever since posting and so much has happened in my life. Rather than recording every life event in an unceasing torrent, treating this as a diary, I'll instead explain my life's issues and events as they become relevant. You're welcome. I've quite recently rediscovered that I need to write in order to maintain any claim to the term sane . My journal is filled with inner musings and analyses of problems and most of all, prayers, but I want to open this blog back up as a place for my thoughts to require coherent explanations. I especially want to conduct book reviews, so I and therapy sessions, where I splay my feelings and whims on a virtual sheet of paper and, in writing them, bring them to some sort of order. I doubt I will get a regular schedule down, but I do want to write on here a lot. There are a few topics I want to share such as YXL Horn Creek and the impactful memoir/novel Dandelion Wine. But not tonight. In all things, God