Eric Scheske

Subscribe

Writing

Spero News

I've decided to try my hand at citizen journalism over at Spero News. Most of my published pieces over the years have been essays or opinion, but I thought it'd be interesting to try something different. This piece on marketing faith [http://www.speroforum.com/site/

The Quiet Room

People are puzzled when they see my home study: a room about twice the size of a professional's office, with thousands of books, two upholstered chairs, lights situated at various spots, two desks, a computer, and reasonably-neat piles of notes, manuscripts, and correspondence. If they're not

Kill the Smurfs

Odd choice of advertising. Using children figures in a way that makes the ad unacceptable for viewing by children. > The people of Belgium have been left reeling by a public service commercial featuring the Smurfs, in which the blue-skinned cartoon characters' village is annihilated by warplanes. > The

NBA Poetry

Well, I've never posted serious poetry to this site, so this is a first: an excerpt from the poetry of Etan Thomas, black activist and NBA forward for the Washington Wizards. > Now I look upon my culture, I see ballers, sure I do Hard corers in Haute

Funny Punctuation

Richard Lederer at Vocabula Review takes issue with those who think punctuation isn't that important. Link [http://www.vocabula.com/2005/VRJULY05Lederer.asp] (subscribers only). Excerpt: > Like it or not, writing well – not artistically, not ornately, not floridly, but just competently – really is the difference between being

Flannery O'Connor on Her Writing Habits

Flannery O'Connor on Her Writing Habits

I'm a full-time believer in writing habits, pedestrian as it all may sound. You may be able to do without them if you have genius but most of us only have talent and this is simply something that has to be assisted all the time by physical and