writer in resonance
A popular internet meme loosely compares the sine waves of harmonic frequencies with the physical structure of a conch shell. I say “loosely” because if you really study the two images, you can see that there’s not a direct correlation. Still, there’s an intriguing similarity here that I wanted to explore. And because I couldn’t…
I tend not to Kindle-ize my books because there’s so little control over page design and the text has a tendency to get muddled. So I’ve been looking for a platform where I could make a PDF digital version available. Ebooks are nice because, with no printing costs, readers get a sharp discount. If you’re…
In light of the upcoming solar eclipse, I thought I’d do a quick dive into the last line of “Eclipse,” by Pink Floyd, the last song on Dark Side of the Moon: And everything under the sun is in tune but the sun is eclipsed by the moon [This article is also available as a…
In 1974, Francis Ford Coppola made a movie about surveillance called The Conversation in which Gene Hackman plays a surveillance expert named Harry Caul. Surveillance is the art not just of listening, but of pinpointing which sounds, which signals, which frequencies are the important ones. To Harry, this is only a job, and just as he absolves…
The ancient Greeks were the first to discover and articulate a need for musical temperament. However, other forms of music evolved alongside tempered music without recognizing any such need. Music we might describe as indigenous or native is usually untempered and every bit as beautiful; in some ways, maybe more so. This is the music…
The first thing the Red Queen says to Alice in Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass tells us everything we need to know about the story and the hidden messages encoded within. When the Red Queen says all the ways belong to her, she’s referring to her power on the chessboard, as she has the most mobility, being able…
Inflationary Faeries did get another review, though, from BookLife Prize: Inflationary Faeries bursts with creative worldbuilding, boasting mythical creatures, lords and ladies, and shape-shifting faeries. Petersen weaves storytelling magic into this dreamlike tale. ~The BookLife Prize Visit my YouTube channel: Stephanie McPeak Petersen
[A video of this post is available here: https://youtu.be/6tD7mIxCTYE ] Just over a year ago, I mentioned in a short teaser video that the name of the Sherlock Holmes character, Professor Moriarty, was an anagram for “I M Rotary.” But did the author, Arthur Conan Doyle, encrypt this anagram on purpose? And if so, what…
When the faery Brighid is tasked with stealing wealth from afar—and without using faery magick—new strategies emerge from her prolific and poetic mind. Ultimately, she settles on the formation of a central bank and the real magick of monetary inflation: a policy that would steal wealth from unsuspecting shirefolk for centuries to come. But before…
I’m a Baconian, meaning I believe Sir Francis Bacon either wrote the Shakespeare works single-handedly or contributed to a collective Shakespeare literary mask. To further support my position, I’d like to focus on Bacon’s unusual and unpopular economic views, and see if similar views are expressed in the work of Shakespeare. (This blog post is…