Author: Lancelot Schaubert
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Ebook Sales Leveling off… and why that’s a great thing.
Ebook sales have leveled off to normal growth, and sooner than most technologies. If you’re someone who reads a book every week during your commute, say a detective novel or romance novel, the e-book format is perfect for you. But those people have pretty much all shifted to e-books, and there are only so many…
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On Mortality
To wrap up this week’s theme of grief, loss, and eulogies, I’m sharing a poem on mortality I wrote one year ago. I woke up in the middle of the night with the worst fever of my life, aching to my bones, certain of death — kind of like my friend’s cold sweat from yesterday’s…
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My Eulogy?
This flattery has become something of a Ph test for whether I’m living life well. Does what you’re doing feel off, Lance? Check the eulogy.
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Sitting at the feet of : The Spirit in The Song
In which I interview the band Eine Blume on how they capture the spirit of a moment in music.
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KC Color Run!
Turns out the Joplin Color Run was JV compared to the KC Color Run’s varsity team. Backstory: my wife has Type 1 Diabetes and has been kicking its tail with this running stuff. We got there, and this was the line for the porta-potty. I put down water faster than most waiters can bring it…
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Our Anniversary ROADTRIP… and book treasure hunt
“Anniversary trip? Lance. Lance. Come now, that was like… like four months ago!” Did I mention I had a lot of catching up to do? We love road tripping for vacations, even if they’re only an hour or so away. Okay, I love the open road. Kiddo loves the open road. Kiddo’s Hips, however, do not. Neither does my…
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Nice Art, but where are the *real* Crystal Bridges?
Crystal Bridges features all sorts of American-born art from the 15th century onward. This was the first time I have ever felt connect to an American heritage older than 200 years.
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My Heroic Bride Part Deux: Color Es Plosions
In which young college girls get jacked in the face with bananas and fistfuls of color.
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Kiddo Learns to Knat
Kiddo gave pledges to knit scarves at Christmas and has heretofore knatted them both. Here’s what she looked like after the first one was finished recently:
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Snow in Summer, New Article, and a return from my Hobbit Hole
For those who have followed me on here, you know that my blog has waned of late. Though I blame being out-of-town for six weekends in a row, two weeks in the middle, lots of new business and other fancy schmancy projects, deep down I know I’ve a lot of catching up to do for…
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Narrative Distance in Relationships
There remains a narrative distance between one and another that others have called “relationship.” This narrative distance shows the relative disconnect between the tale we try to tell for one and another — I am an author for yours, You, an author for mine. Father to son, son to father The space between spouses (long…
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The Silver Sickle by Ellie Ann
I’ve meant to share this for some time, but business has been crazy. Also summer. Plus… you know… that whole epic photo-comic thingy… BUT! My sister-by-another-mister Ellie Ann released her FIRST solo novel Monday. She calls it: You’re all a great group of supportive nerds. So here’s the thing: I’m counting on all Literators who…