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The Traveler And North Sentinel Island: Chapter Two

Posted on April 4, 2023 by nathanalbright

As his shuttle approached North Sentinel Island, the traveler looked at the various information he could gather about the island remotely. He could see that the island was a relatively small one, but was still large enough to support a … Continue reading →

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The Traveler And North Sentinel Island: Preface

Posted on April 3, 2023 by nathanalbright

As a writer, it is often a great occupational hazard that the things that are of most interest to us are often of the least interest to those who read our works. For example, the great writer and thinker C.S. … Continue reading →

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Book Review: In Morocco

Posted on March 17, 2023 by nathanalbright

In Morocco, by Edith Wharton In writing this book, the author, a noted American novelist most famous for works like The Age Of Innocence and the incomplete The Buccaneers, provides a worthwhile service in making an early travelogue for the … Continue reading →

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Tell Me A Story

Posted on January 31, 2023 by nathanalbright

Earlier today I was reading about a role playing game that (in my opinion justly) has come under a lot of fire for creating an unsympathetic main character who is too whiny and entitled and not nearly heroic enough. Perhaps … Continue reading →

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The Danger Of Fixity

Posted on January 7, 2023 by nathanalbright

One of the aspects of the plot of Sense and Sensibility that has always struck home the most to me is the way that the feelings of Marianne, which she takes such effort to frame in ways that strive for … Continue reading →

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Written In The Wind

Posted on December 15, 2022 by nathanalbright

It should be recognized that writing has a great many limitations. That which is written is lacking a great deal of the context that is present with face-to-face communication, and so it must be interpreted by the reader. This often … Continue reading →

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A Journalist Always Has Enemies

Posted on December 12, 2022 by nathanalbright

Friday, while watching the World Cup Quarterfinal match between Argentina and the Netherlands, American soccer writer Grant Wahl collapsed and was later pronounced dead at the hospital. Having been both estranged from the Qatari government and of sound health, it … Continue reading →

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Because I Only Want To See if You Feel The Same Way As Me

Posted on December 6, 2022 by nathanalbright

One of the more interesting aspects of life is that we tend to become like what we love, and also tend to become what we hate. We might think that what we love and what we hate are diametrically opposite … Continue reading →

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Clarissa: Author’s Preface

Posted on October 31, 2022 by nathanalbright

October 30, 2022 Last November, when I wrote the short novel “Return Of The Native Son” for my annual NaNoWriMo project, I intended it to be the first of a series of short novels chronicling a particular family who held … Continue reading →

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Outlining The Lipton Saga

Posted on September 15, 2022 by nathanalbright

Last year for my annual novella, I wrote about the beginning of the period of the Third Viscount Lipton, starting a saga in media res, where the middle-aged Viscount, newly installed with the title after the death of his elderly … Continue reading →

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