Category Archives: Literature

Merry Christmas to you all

Posted on December 24, 2017 by Stephen W. Browne

Merry Christmas everyone, and a Happy New Year. There have been some big changes lately, and I expect getting more active on this blog will be one of them soon. I have an ebook published, a collection of my newspaper … Continue reading →

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What I’m learning about writing

Posted on September 25, 2014 by Stephen W. Browne

I have been a professional writer, meaning I get paid for what I write, for going on two decades now. I’ve been making a full-time living at it for six years now. I started with five goals as a writer: … Continue reading →

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Vampire$

Posted on July 10, 2010 by Stephen W. Browne

My wife rented ‘New Moon’ prepartory to seeing ‘Eclipse’ on her next girl’s night out. She’d seen ‘Twilight’ in the theater and wanted to be up to speed. I stayed up and watched it because I hadn’t seen any of … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Literature, Movies | 5 Comments

Dane-geld

Posted on August 6, 2009 by Stephen W. Browne

Note: This appeared as a weekend op-ed in my newspaper. I’ve used the Dane-geld trope before, in an email after the Madrid bombings, and it went viral. So sue me, it’s a damn good poem and expresses an Eternal Truth. … Continue reading →

Posted in Literature, Politics | 2 Comments

"Sex in the City" and Auntie Mame

Posted on September 27, 2008 by Stephen W. Browne

We watched the movie “Sex in the City” last night, from Netflix. My wife has followed the series throughout, and I’ve watched it from time to time with her to fill me in on the backstory. I’m not outraged by … Continue reading →

Posted in Literature, Movies, Relationships | 4 Comments

7/7/7 Happy 100th Bob

Posted on July 7, 2007 by Stephen W. Browne

Today, Saturday 7/7/7 is the hundredth anniversary of SF author Robert Anson Heinlein’s birth. It’s actually difficult to write anything about Heinlein that wouldn’t lengthen into a book by way of digressions, qualifications and defenses against some of the more … Continue reading →

Posted in Book reviews, Literature | 4 Comments

At the Core

Posted on May 12, 2007 by Stephen W. Browne

Issues of courage and cowardice have been on my mind a lot lately. In my reviews of ‘300’ I mentioned that the disturbing thing about the bad reviews I’ve read isn’t that they didn’t like it, it’s definitely not to … Continue reading →

Posted in Book reviews, Ethics, Literature, Politics, War | 12 Comments

Religions that never were – but might be

Posted on November 19, 2006 by Stephen W. Browne

Hymn to Mithras, sung by the XXX Legion stationed at the Wall (Hadrian’s) north of Eboracum (modern York). Mithras, God of the Morning, our trumpets waken the wall!Rome is above the Nations, but Thou art over all,Now as the names … Continue reading →

Posted in Book reviews, Literature, Martial arts, Philosophy | 2 Comments