The Erratic Muse

Survival in Auschwitz by Primo Levi A Touchstone Book Published by Simon & Schuster Rating: 7 Readability: Painful. Impact: We'll s...

Saints and Soldiers Written by Geoffry Panos and Matt Whitaker Directed by Ryan Little Rating: Okay...so I love this movie, but I do recogni...

"Human beings do not live forever, Reuven. We live less than the time it takes to blink an eye, if we measure our lives against eterni...

This last week we had a three day writing and planning trip. I was able to get a lot done and it helped me refocus and work out some concret...

Night by Elie Wiesel Translated by Marion Wiesel Hill and Wang Rating: 10 Readability: The style is very readable, but the content is somet...

I've had a fascination with World War 2 and the surrounding era for...well forever pretty much. (Probably comes from having three older...

Veiled Freedom by Jeanette Windle Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. Rating: 8 Readability: 8 Impact: 8 Read it again: Probably Recommend i...

This has always been one of my favorite Tim O'Brien songs on our well loved copy of his CD "The Crossing." Unfortunately the ...

I believe this is one of the most moving scenes in any movie. The music is one of my most played in iTunes. This really brings the Civil Wa...

If only we could create characters as powerfully inspiring as those in history...

I had a crises with my story project the other day. :-P I have so many versions that reach about 12,000 words and then I turn on them and wa...

What ever else Bob Dylan might be, he is clearly a lyrics genius. This song from Gods and Generals is probably one of my very favorite songs...

The first thing I did when that plane finally landed was kiss the ground The next thing I did was to go find my friends down at the old hang...