Month: March 2024

The media loves to have you believe that everything in the world is constantly getting worse and that things are bad overall. It is great for clicks, as negative, sensationalist headlines grab attention and get people talking. It also isn’t hard for them to do so, as in a world with over eight billion people

There is a popular saying that water has no enemy. This is because you cannot be smarter than water. You need water to brush your teeth, take your bath, wash your clothes, and so much more. You need water to prepare your meals, and you also need to drink water to stay alive. While we

Water floods. It’s what water does! It wants to get to the lowest point, which is something you hopefully learned in high school (and still remember to this day). And when there’s a lot of it, and whatever is holding it back breaks and releases the surge, water brings with it a ton of potentially

Hell hath no fury, or so they say. You do not need to search far and wide to discover heroes of war—and some of them were female. Women who took the badassery to whole new levels, from abused women who took back their lives and unleashed hell on their abusers to warriors who faced off

Ernest Hemingway once said, “When writing a novel, a writer should create living people; people, not characters. A character is a caricature.” Good characterization invites the reader to personally identify with a narrative. What makes vivid, believable fictional people? A well-drawn persona creates an emotional connection to the reader. Age, gender, quirks, habits, and character

Sometimes, it takes a long time to create brilliance. People spend weeks, months, or even years working on their masterpiece, be it a book, a painting, a sculpture, or some other work of art. And then sometimes, it all comes together in just a few minutes. Of course, you can’t write an entire book in

Before the modern era, conquest offered a simple, predictable path to establishing a reputation. The more battles they won, the more territories they held, then the more powerful an army, race, tribe, or leader would appear to be. Winners often got to write the history books, too, which gave them a way to not only

We are certainly living in an age of convenience-driven deliveries. With the simple click of a button or the use of an app, everything from groceries, restaurant takeout, and business supplies or materials can be delivered directly to our home, office, or job site within days and, sometimes, in as little as a few hours.