Stories All the Way Down by G. M. Baker

Creative writing classes, workshops, and retreats, plus other great stuff for writers.

In which Matthew P. Schmidt writes reviews, writings, and absurdities

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essays in contemplative realism

Story, history, and theory of story - from reading books to telling the story of history to reflecting on how story is told.

Write and live like a novelist.

I write the kind novels I want to read - big, somewhat literary, even experimental, where in the midst of reading I throw a sticky note on and/or underline a sentence.

Uncomfortable truths | Uncompromising fiction | The Steppe Saga: Historical novels set among the Scythian nomads of the ancient Ukrainian Steppe

Art theory and criticism from a Christian aesthetician

Bridging the two cultures of science and the humanities

A new media company built on the ideals that were once the bedrock of American journalism.

Creating a culture that values interdependence over autonomy