For middle readers…and adults who never grew up: The Owl Motel by Chuck Mallory
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Love, a Dream, and a Theft
My Secret Relationship with Ursula K. Le Guin’s Mother by Chuck Mallory To understand, you need to know I grew up in a very small town in the 1960s. My mother was able to put me in first grade at … Continue reading
Posted in fiction, Librarians, Library, Ursula K. Le Guin, writing
Tagged books, fiction, Librarians, Library, Prodigy, Theodora Kroeber, Ursula K LeGuin, writing
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Laurapalooza
(Simultaneously published on Medium.com/chuckmall) “Half-Pint” is Gaining a Jesus-like Iconography Laura Ingalls Wilder and a Hmong woman on a mural in Walnut Creek MN. Did this ever happen? Doesn’t matter. Just believe. The first thing that stands out from all … Continue reading
It’s Time to Prove Ourselves
A young journalist’s insight on Gamergate when it occurred in 2014. Continue reading
Posted in videogames
Tagged Chris Hecker, Depression Quest, Framed, gamergate, gaming, indie, John Cimino, journalism, Kitfox Games, Max Mallory, Moon Hunters, PAX, Phil Fish, Polytron, Rami Ismali, Spy Party, videogames, Vlambeer, Zoe Quinn
When Your Own Writing Spooks You
Clean the basement. That’s how you find pieces of writing you never remember writing. I found one, and am going to throw it away. It isn’t bad as much as it is strange. In 2008 I took a stream-of-consciousness writing … Continue reading
Cracked Open
You can see I haven’t been the most regular blogger here. But I had a reason for pausing lately. On October 22, 2015, my 22-year-old son was diagnosed with testicular cancer. Seven months later he passed away, after fighting hard … Continue reading
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Tagged authors, books, cancer, death, Grief, medium.com, parenting, writers block
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Angst. Just your general angst.
I know writing is not supposed to be fun. I know it is not necessarily supposed to be hard. I know it can work well as you get into the “flow” and time and space disappear beneath the rapid-fire sequence … Continue reading
Posted in Words, Writing Angst
Tagged Chuck Mallory, fiction, imagination, struggle, writing
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I’m Embarrassed to Admit I’m In Love With This Book
And it’s not even a new one. Let me start by admitting I feel guilty when I re-read a book. I mean, there are so many zillions of books out there I want to read. I’m intimidated that I’m so … Continue reading
