Where you been, John?
Posted on Oct 5, 2008 | Last Updated Oct 19, 2008
my three month absence explained
writing, blogging, aging, Great Northern War, Stockholm, Helsinki
The Real World during the time of kings
Posted on Jan 7, 2008 | Last Updated Apr 6, 2008
Central and northern Europe, 17th abd 18th centuries
Euopean history, Scandinavian history, 17th and 18th century, Charles XII, Karl Gustaf Armfelt, Peter the Great
CREATIVE WRITING 101, PART ONE
Posted on Oct 1, 2009 | Last Updated Jul 21, 2010
Reviews, Reviewers, and Writing Fiction
reviews; critiques; truths; rules for writers; books on writing; Mitford; Karon; tell, don't show ; golden rule of writing; focus; story arc; data dumps; dialog ratio; norse sagas; ethnic character
ABOUT AGING: my own story so far
Posted on Oct 5, 2008 | Last Updated Oct 10, 2008
Personal observations on my own senility, the 5th in a series on aging
aging, senility, strokes, the brain
Government, the Real World, and Politics
Posted on Oct 12, 2008 | Last Updated Oct 12, 2008
analysis and commentary, from a partly epistemological viewpoint
politics, real world, statistical analysis, modeling, labor analyses, modeling, analogs, the labor movement, merchant marine, ships' boiler rooms, seamen, Great Lakes, Great Depression, hobos
March 2012 Newsletter of John Dalmas
Moved Again!
Posted on Mar 26, 2012 | Last Updated Mar 26, 2012
John's March 2012 newsletter with talk about aging and an introduction to Armfelt.
Creative Writing
Posted on Nov 16, 2007 | Last Updated Nov 16, 2007
Creative Writing Tips from Sci-Fi author John Dalmas.
The John Dalmas Electronic
Free Book Emporium
Posted on Nov 16, 2007 | Last Updated Jan 3, 2012
A catalog of the writing of John Dalmas, including free e-books.
books, catalog, downloads