Edwin Downward's Blog

I look back to the history I know coming from a western perspective. Columbus faced immense danger when he set sail for India across the Atlantic. Edmund Hillary faced a strong possibility of death for himself and his entire team when they scaled Mt. Everest. What of Magellan when he sailed around the world, or […]

The time has come to post an update on which podcasts I presently listen to. A lot has changed since my last post, and a lot has stayed the same. This time around I have added an identifier to signal the primary reason each podcast is on this list. Here they are in the order […]

  A co-worker said some things the other day that have been bouncing around in the back of my head since then. To paraphrase, he asked why so much time, talent, and money was going to a manned Mars mission when there were so many problems here on Earth to solve. As a supporter of […]

The story continues, taking up where Mission Creep – The Dance left off: “No rush. As I said, no one’s watching out for me at my modest room.” This was getting better by the moment. “It’ll take a little longer, but we can avoid the crush by heading this way to my car.” “You’re such […]

This is the follow up to my Mission Creep, A Beginning post, filling in a few more of the details that lead to my original Plot Bunny Escape event: A squad of muscle bound athletics blocked his view. She wasn’t there when they moved on. By the door. She’d stopped to flash another smile his […]

I have officially dubbed this plot bunny Mission Creep. This scene happens a short time before the action depicted in my previous blog post. Enjoy. Marcus Orling nursed his unadorned coffee. Though his trusty rum bottle weighed down the inner pocket of his jacket, the unusual crush of bodies in his favorite off campus coffee shop […]

All writers wrangle with plot bunnies at one time or another  Like real rabbits plot bunnies can appear at any moment and have a tendency to breed prolifically if not kept under tight control. From time to time even my plot bunnies manage to escape their hutches and force me to chase them down. This plot […]

A while back I wrote a post discussing my plunge into the world of listening to podcasts. Some of the podcasts I list there are no longer on my to-hear list while others have been added. Along the way, though, I have begun to wonder if it isn’t time to cull the size of my list. […]

Intro comments in a recent episode of the Wordslinger Podcast struck a cord with me. I know there are a variety of subjects about which we must tread carefully, especially when it comes to the very public mediums available to us over the internet. Politics, religion, and barbecue spring to mind as potential land mines […]

Creative Ink Festival is upon us in a month. As usual I have not purchased my membership until I can confirm I have time off to attend. This year is different. For some background, the place where I work has a 7 day schedule. My co-worker does 10 hours days Monday to Wednesday and I do 10 […]