Stealing Fire From the Gods

johnmdemarco posted on May 14, 2009 05:29

I have been deeply impacted the past couple of weeks by a great little book called Stealing Fire From the Gods. Written by James Bonne...

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Writing Down Your Stories

johnmdemarco posted on May 13, 2009 05:30

I recommend writing the stories from your life. Nearly 10 years ago I took a "storytelling" class in graduate school that inspired me to spend an e...

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That Kurtzian Nature

johnmdemarco posted on May 06, 2009 05:31

Recently I bought the documentary Hearts of Darkness, about the making of Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 Vietnam film Apocalypse Now. The behind-the-scen...

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A Double-Edged Sword

johnmdemarco posted on April 30, 2009 05:32

Like many others, I have become a bit too skilled at multitasking. Technology, and the ongoing explosion of available information it has afforded, hav...

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Business Secrets of the Trappist Monks

johnmdemarco posted on April 28, 2009 05:33

A recent series of articles found in Forbes magazine is one of the best expressions I have read of how faith and business can be fused together, with ...

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Fragments in the Soil

johnmdemarco posted on April 26, 2009 05:35

My once-faithful chainsaw having become chain-less, I was left with the archaic instruments of shovel and hedge clippers. The shrubber...

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Finding a Size That Fits

johnmdemarco posted on April 25, 2009 05:36

I am at a Panera Bread, gentle classical music raining down on me. I have just finished Chapter 12 of my novel, with nine more to go in this first dra...

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In Defense of Myth

johnmdemarco posted on April 16, 2009 05:36

I can no longer remain silent about how people everywhere in western culture continue to misuse the word "myth," equating it with terms such as "lie,"...

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