by Steve Skojec | Feb 18, 2014 | Insights, Personal Development, Writing
At The Atlantic, Megan McArdle has a piece entitled “Why Writers are the Worst Procrastinators.” It’s begins by plunging immediately into the eerily familiar. Like most writers, I am an inveterate procrastinator. In the course of writing this one...
by Steve Skojec | Jan 30, 2014 | Science Fiction, Writing
My 8-year-old daughter is taking an IEW writing class as a supplement to her homeschool curriculum. For this her most recent assignment, she was supposed to re-write a story from a selection of Aesop’s Fables according to her own design. In addition, she was...
by Steve Skojec | Jan 29, 2014 | Writing
I’ve been looking to build a side business of freelance writing. One of my 2014 goals is to get published in new outlets, instead of just the ones where I have existing relationships. Looking through Craigslist last night was depressing. As was my perusal of...
by Steve Skojec | Jan 28, 2014 | Remembering America
It was January 28, 1986. I was eight years old. I don’t know why I wasn’t at school that day, but I remember being at home when the phone call came. For some reason, when I think back to it, I keep seeing that big beige receiver in my mother’s hand....
by Steve Skojec | Jan 23, 2014 | Catholic Stuff, Culture, Politics
Maybe it was just interesting timing. I saw The Hunger Games: Catching Fire within 24-hours of attending the 41st annual March for Life. I couldn’t help noticing the overlap in themes. Human life is meaningless. The government says it is perfectly acceptable to...
