May
21
2008
I provide advice about
how to write novels, comic books and graphic novels. Most of my content applies to fiction-writing in general, but I also provide
articles specifically about superhero stories.
The main difference between the IRS and a robber is that the IRS makes the victim an accomplice to the crime.
–Agent Orange
Hey! Don’t make me audit you.
–Agent Black, formerly of the IRS
May
21
2008
This is an excerpt from an interesting article on college.
I assigned a research paper. This time around, the students were to elucidate the positions of scholars on two sides of a historical controversy. Why did Truman remove MacArthur? Did the United States covertly support the construction of the Berlin Wall? Their job in the paper, as I explained it, was to take my arm and introduce me as a stranger to scholars A, B, and C, who stood on one side of the issue, and to scholars D, E, and F, who were firmly on the other—as though they were hosting a party.
A future state trooper snorted. “Some party,” he said.
