by DCMcElroy | Jun 28, 2024 | General
A friend of mine posted a spectacular quote from Edward Abbey yesterday, and it reminded me of a peculiarly American problem: How do we distinguish between our individual selves and ourselves as participants in society? For those of you who’ve never read him,...
by DCMcElroy | Nov 7, 2023 | Darbas, General
It’s the Tuesday after the Sunday when I typed “THE END” at the bottom of about 105,000 words of prose. This rough first-draft manuscript for Rhyfen advances the final installment in the series’ second trilogy from what I now think of as...
by DCMcElroy | Oct 16, 2023 | Darbas, General
It’s been a jitterbug summer/early fall production-wise here at The Manor. Janet’s completed not just one, but a series of Moon Calendars for 2024, and we proofed the latest versions last week (there will be news on that coming from her soon, and...
by DCMcElroy | Aug 17, 2023 | General
Yesterday’s Washington Post offered a column headlined “Why I fired my therapists,” with this payoff: Over the course of the past 14 years, I’ve left two therapists after they veered into latent, head-nodding advocacy — cheering me on, validating my...
by DCMcElroy | May 26, 2023 | General
When I started publishing the Darbas Cycle in 2021, I was the product of well-meaning advice and acknowledged ignorance. Advice like: “Offer your readers a prize for writing reviews!” Ignorance like: “Since I don’t really know what I’m...
