Wholly Writ: Last Year in Books

Wholly Writ is a recurring series in Stories From The Road, celebrating creative writing from the perspective of writer and reader.  Sojourn believes that humans are creative because God is our creator.  Our creative expression is a manifestation of the doctrine of imago dei – that we are created “In the image of God.” If [...]

Wholly Writ: Party Like It’s 999

The venerable Bede spoke it.  Chaucer wrote it.  Lewis taught it.  Tolkien shamelessly stole from it.  Isn’t it time you visited your linguistic roots with a volume of Medieval English?  Of course it is.  And here are some recommendations beyond the obvious (Beowulf, Chaucer) to get you started:
“The Dream of the Rood.” Thanks to fires, [...]

Wholly Writ: WPM

We talk about it like it’s disgraceful, half apologetically: the way we might mention that we don’t recycle, have never heard of T.S. Eliot, or contracted some sort of rash.  Usually, we regret it the moment it’s out and hurry to change the topic to something else, anything to divert attention away from those five [...]

Wholly Writ: All You Need Is Lore, Lore. Lore Is All You Need

So, I quit my job to follow my dreams.  I didn’t follow them too far: just about a mile northwest to the University of Louisville and their English grad program.  I now spend my days submerged (read: drowning) in the written word.  Reading it, writing it, debating it more heatedly than I think necessary, teaching [...]

Wholly Writ: Confessions Of A Slow Reader

This morning was like a no-bake cookie.  Assemble ingredients (phone, netbook, planner).  Jumble together haphazardly (update, network, broadcast all motility to cosmos, tweet-tweet!).  Douse brain in two cups of coffee.  Let coagulate.  No waiting necessary.  Delicious.
It’s difficult to imagine more instantaneous gratification than what our technology now affords us.  I can read what Suzy Q. [...]