Are you a hedgehog, or a fox?

My hedgehogosity, or lack thereof, has been on my mind for the last two weeks, since I learned of the existence of hedgehogs and foxes.

"The Hedgehog and The Fox" is an essay by the philosopher Isaiah Berlin.  Writing in 1953, Berlin drew on an apocryphal bit of Greek lore:

The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.

The idea being that to avoid being captured or killed, the fox has a whole bag of tricks, whereas the hedgehog's one defense (curling into a ball covered with spikes) is a doozy.

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Mr F, Chair Pioneer

There is what is

And there is what isn't,

And there is what could be

That's where Mr F lives.

I've got a post up with some writing tips for you, on Indie Writers Monthly!

Real-life writing inspirations: Horror!

Looking for something to help jump-start some ideas? Check out these five actually-existing horrors* that you could use in your writing.

*I am not 100% sure that "horror" counts for this blog, but it's a subset of speculative fiction, isn't it? So I'm counting it.

Goya called this "Saturn Devouring His Son".
I call it "Why I Can't Sleep Anymore."

1. The Black Paintings: Francisco Goya, at the end of his long life and after battling illnesses, 

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