Steveawiggins

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• Drowning in Words

  

  One of the features of this blog, which as inclined more lately toward books of all sorts rather than simply religion, is that I only write one post per book... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Price of Learning

  

  Holy Horror, as some are painfully aware, is priced at $45. Even those of us in publishing have lessons we must learn, and one of them is that writing a trade... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Heart of Publishing

  

  My heart goes out to academic authors. It really does. They labor over a book important to their field and see it come out costing near triple digits and... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Digging Bad?

  

  Academics, as a rule, focus on books by other academics. Theirs is a specialized vocabulary with specific goals (tenure, then an Ivy League position). Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Bradbury’s Dream

  

  There’s a Ray Bradbury story—I can’t recall the title, but with the Internet that’s just a lame excuse—where explorers on Venus are being driven insane by the... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Linking In

  

  Like many in the internet age, I have most of my “connections” online. It’s somewhat of a rarity to be invited, for example, to connect on LinkedIn by someone... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Mother of Stone

  

  One thing we all have in common is mothers. Whether it’s the mysteries of biology or something more spiritual than that, the connection lasts forever. Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• A Nightmare Or Two

  

  Some books are complex enough to require a slow reading. Alan E. Bernstein’s The Formation of Hell: Death and Retribution in the Ancient and Early Christian... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Dandy Lions

  

  O great—just what I need right now. I knew lawn care would soon become a necessary avocation after buying a house, but this I did not expect. Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• On Publishing

  

  I fear I may be transitioning. I may actually be becoming someone who knows something about publishing. Reading about the merger between Cengage and McGraw... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Relatively Unknown

  

  The Edinburgh Festival draws people from around the world to experience culture and fun in one of Europe’s most beautiful cities. Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Writing Life

  

  Writers are a conservative lot, in many respects. Consider the epigraph. I’ve written about this before—in modern-day publishing epigraphs require permission... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Thoughts While Flying

  

  Uh-oh! I seem to be airborne. All that’s in front of me is concrete. If I don’t do something, my exposed hands will hit first. Tuck, and try not to hit your... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Final Stretch

  

  There comes a point, in my experience of book writing, when you can think of nothing else. This is near the end of the process. Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Horizontal Thinking

  

  “Theology” is a word that means very different things in different contexts. I dislike labels in general and I seldom call myself a “theologian” since that... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• No Animals Harmed

  

  Out for a walk after work the other day, I spied a black cat. Not the superstitious sort, I didn’t let this deter me from continuing on. Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Theofantastique Interview

  

  Two times. In my “professional” life I’ve been interviewed only twice (not counting, of course, far too many job interviews). The first time was as a talking... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Myth and Magic

  

  Magic and religion are difficult to tell apart. Scholars have known this for some time, but don’t often say anything about it for fear of offending. Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• In Praise of Paper

  

  I’m working on embracing the electronic age. No doubt it’s convenient. And fast! Publishing is, and always has been, a slow industry. As connoisseurs of anythin... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Suddenly Spring

  

  Maybe it’s just a sign of passing years, but spring seems much more sudden to me now. One day I’m wearing multiple layers and shivering in the mornings and the... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY