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The Seven Kitchen Appliances I Would Want if Stranded on a Desert Island
The Seven Kitchen Appliances I Would Want if Stranded on a Desert Island
I wish I was joking
Paul Combs
Aug 9
My Eight Favorite Book-to-Film Adaptations
My Eight Favorite Book-to-Film Adaptations
A few times, I even liked the film better
Paul Combs
Jul 28
Six Facts About Ernest Hemingway on His 125th Birthday
Six Facts About Ernest Hemingway on His 125th Birthday
Happy Birthday Papa!
Paul Combs
Jul 21
The Story That Unexpectedly Launched My Full-Time Writing Career
The Story That Unexpectedly Launched My Full-Time Writing Career
No one was more surprised than me
Paul Combs
Jul 12
Why the Difference Between ‘Based on a True Story’ and ‘Inspired by a True Story’ Matters
Why the Difference Between ‘Based on a True Story’ and ‘Inspired by a True Story’ Matters
From a historical perspective, it matters a lot
Paul Combs
Jul 10
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Literary Dads for Father’s Day Weekend
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Literary Dads for Father’s Day Weekend
Some fictional dads are awesome; others not so much
Paul Combs
Jun 14
What My Cats Think About the Recent Move to East Texas
What My Cats Think About the Recent Move to East Texas
The Mayberry Chronicles — Feline Edition
Paul Combs
Jun 5
May Long Weekend — The Great Canadian Pre-Summer Welcome
May Long Weekend — The Great Canadian Pre-Summer Welcome
The legendary holiday weekend is the worst-first excursion for winter-weary Canadians with a “Camp or Die” mentality
Arpad Nagy
May 22
I’ve Been Collecting Something for the Past 50 Years Without Even Realizing It
I’ve Been Collecting Something for the Past 50 Years Without Even Realizing It
A discovery made while moving
Paul Combs
May 16
Canvasses on Iron Caravans
Canvasses on Iron Caravans
Art will find a way — expressions in Graffiti
Arpad Nagy
May 9
An Alarming Statistic and a Bit of Background on The Last Word Series
An Alarming Statistic and a Bit of Background on The Last Word Series
A Sunday ramble
Paul Combs
Apr 28
The Wild-Eyed Southern Boys Who Were the Pride of Spartanburg
The Wild-Eyed Southern Boys Who Were the Pride of Spartanburg
An overdue Rate-a-Record installment
Paul Combs
Apr 17
A Novel to Offend Everyone: Peaceful Quiet Lives
A Novel to Offend Everyone: Peaceful Quiet Lives
Alex Garland’s new film doesn’t explore the political issues that might trigger a second US civil war, but my 2021 dystopian romance does
Simon Dillon
Apr 14
The Most Unique Book About Bookstores I’ve Ever Read
The Most Unique Book About Bookstores I’ve Ever Read
A review
Paul Combs
Apr 8
What Makes a Book Young Adult, Really?
What Makes a Book Young Adult, Really?
A look at the increasingly ambiguous class of books that now attracts more adults than teens
Corrie Alexander
Mar 28
Five Solid Reasons I Should Start a Church (and One Reason I Definitely Should Not)
Five Solid Reasons I Should Start a Church (and One Reason I Definitely Should Not)
Five to one, as the Lizard King once sang
Paul Combs
Mar 28
They Are Not ‘Sidekicks’: A Defense of the Wingman in Literature
They Are Not ‘Sidekicks’: A Defense of the Wingman in Literature
Underestimate them at your peril
Paul Combs
Mar 19
Five Things My Mom Beat Me to When She Died in January
Five Things My Mom Beat Me to When She Died in January
Not being alive notwithstanding, I’m a little jealous
Paul Combs
Mar 7
Could the World Survive a Permanent Meta Outage?
Could the World Survive a Permanent Meta Outage?
I honestly think society would quickly crumble
Sarah Paris
Mar 5
Meet Dashiell Hammett, Dean of the Hard-Boiled Mystery Novel
Meet Dashiell Hammett, Dean of the Hard-Boiled Mystery Novel
An author profile
Paul Combs
Mar 3
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