Author: Lancelot Schaubert
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Manuscripts Milton and Melting
Either my wife’s prayer, a cup of Prince of Wales tea (don’t buy any) or the deadline of “before the holidays” forced me to complete the first draft of my second novel shortly after Monday’s letter post. It felt nothing like the first time. The first time, finals week loomed in the dorms. I keyed in…
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Sitting at the feet of a Seller of Stock Options (finale!)
DISCLAIMER: This is an interview with a friend and should be read as such. For professional investing advice, please consult your personal financial advisor. This interview should in no way be construed as professional investing advice for your personal portfolio. You are responsible for your own money, not me or Greg Hull. Last time, Greg…
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Safari in Words and Pictures
Think of this like the theatre: if you have a cell phone, turn it off. But if you have a pacemaker, KEEP THAT SUCKER ON! Here we go…. Amy and Eric Malone, our friends, had a baby shower down in Arkansas this weekend. Whether the state in question is pronounced Ar-kin-saw or Ar-can-sis, I’ll leave to…
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The Facebook Sonnet by Sherman Alexie
Featured download: If you’re looking for the full text of The Facebook Sonnet, click here. As I beefed up my submission for Chrysallis‘ next issue Patterns, I tried to catch up on way-overdue poetry reads, digging through old New Yorkers, searching for the last three Missouri Reviews and getting a bit further in my copy of…
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Sitting at the feet of a Seller of Stock Options (part 2 of 5)
DISCLAIMER: This is an interview with a friend and should be read as such. For professional investing advice, please consult your personal financial advisor. This interview should in no way be construed as professional investing advice for your personal portfolio. You are responsible for your own money, not me or Greg Hull. Last time, Greg…
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Forbidden by Ted Dekker
This was, by far, the most frustrating novel I’ve read. It comes out tomorrow, for those interested. Don’t get me wrong, Dekker put effort into Forbidden. He’d have to with his “New York Times Bestselling Author” blurb on every book. The book had moments of rapture, these moments where I believed these characters existed out…
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Sitting at the Feet of a Film Analyst (part 6 ~ Fin)
In part five, we wrestled through the problems of interpreting symbolism in film. This shorter conclusion to the Film Analyst ATE works through the idea of the new American hero in film. (We also praise demolition engineers who get paid to blow $#!! up). Doug Welch: “See? You didn’t bring anything to the movie, did…
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Sitting at the Feet of a Film Analyst (part 5)
In part four, Doug Welch and I talked through the appropriate times to notice figures/symbols of Christ in characters and the inappropriate evanglistic uses of film by Christians. We also showed two pictures connecting Wall-E and the Pieta, but that’s neither here nor there… LS: Two quick ones. We just saw The Help, and it…