by DCMcElroy | May 24, 2022 | Darbas, General
“But to tear down a factory or to revolt against a government or to avoid repair of a motorcycle because it is a system is to attack effects rather than causes; and as long as the attack is upon effects only, no change is possible. The true system, the real system, is...
by DCMcElroy | May 7, 2022 | General
This was posted in a private group and isn’t my photo, but you’re looking at what used to be a landmark on the edge of Blowing Rock, NC. All the nostalgic tropes apply, but Holley’s was usually a simple proposition: Million-dollar views from an...
by DCMcElroy | May 5, 2022 | General
Every now and again we feel time click forward like a big, slow, historical clock. The increments are seldom predictable, but after that Big Click, the new present closes the door on old illusions. Did you feel it this week, too? The Supreme Court news felt like a...
by DCMcElroy | May 5, 2022 | General
Who is this character? What’s his motivation? What does he want? What does he fear? How far will he go? So who is this “D.C. McElroy” character, anyway? Born Dan Conover on the Chicago Southside to a preacher and a teacher in the Civil Rights...
by DCMcElroy | May 4, 2022 | General
What’s changed around here since Janet first built this site in late summer 2021? Back then we were pushing toward publication of Chene, the first book in both The Goddess Daughter trilogy and The Darbas Cycle, our multi-volume, multi-trilogy slipstream epic fantasy...
