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The Power of Thinking in Metaphors

Posted in Mental Health, News, Research, The Books, Thinking Out Loud, tagged , , , on September 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Why must we dream in metaphors?
Try to hold on to something we couldn’t understand. – Seal
The Johnny Denovo Mysteries are based on emerging theories of how we think, how we reconcile internal realities with external stimuli, how we make decisions, how we blend rational and emotional thought, and how we express ideas, both intentionally and [...]

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Literacy Means More than Reading

Posted in Housekeeping, Mental Health, Research, Thinking Out Loud, tagged , on May 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

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As an author, the issues of literacy and book purchasing always interest me. And since I write mysteries, I also like a good detective story. So when the two combined this morning, I had to write a quick post about it.
Yesterday, a friend pointed me to an article decrying the lack of literacy [...]

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Mixing Metaphors

Posted in Mental Health, Research, Thinking Out Loud, tagged , on March 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

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Yesterday, Johnny received an alert from the New York Times about an article on the topic of metaphors. He handed a copy of it to me later in the day with the brief statement, “They don’t get it. Prescriptive. They aren’t detectives.”
I read the article he’d printed out, and I think I understand [...]

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A Great Mystery Book

Posted in Housekeeping, News, Research, The Books, Thinking Out Loud, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on February 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

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One of the goals of writing “Spam & Eggs: A Johnny Denovo Mystery,” was to produce a very good mystery book. It’s been in the top 5% of books sold on Amazon.com most days, which is nice.
However, recently, I’ve been reading a book a friend recommended, one that proves that truth can often [...]

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