Historic Painting: “Phidias Showing the Frieze…” by Alma-Tadema, 1868.
This wonderful painting depicts a famous artist from ancient Greece, and his most famous creation.
Sean Munger
Architecture of tragedy: Frank Lloyd Wright and the Taliesin murders.
A horror of almost unfathomable proportions occurred at the house Wright designed as a peaceful retreat from the world.
Searching for a story: A look at my chaotic writing process.
How I come up with creative writing ideas is a convoluted, chaotic and often frustrating process.
Interiors: St. John’s Chapel, in the White Tower, London, UK.
In many ways this room was the heart of the Norman Conquest of England.
You sure about that? “F for Fake,” Orson Welles and questioning authenticity.
Orson Welles's quirky 1973 semi-documentary ruminates on how blurry the line often is between fact and fiction.
Choose your weapon: The tech of my science fiction book “Faraway Star.”
When writing science fiction, the choices you make about the technology you depict have broad implications for the story.
Historic photo: Portland, Oregon, 1890.
In some ways, Portland has changed a lot; in others, not so much.