Quiz: Monster in the new Dungeons & Dragons movie or Republican Member of the Weaponization of the Federal Government Committee?

I published a funny list over on MuddyUm: "Quiz: Monster in the new Dungeons & Dragons movie or Republican Member of the Weaponization of the Federal Government Committee?" 

I’m that Mysterious and Exotic Condiment Stuck to the Door of Your Refrigerator and I Didn’t Change Your Life

I wrote a humorous (I hope) essay over on The Haven:
"I’m that Mysterious and Exotic Condiment Stuck to the Door of Your Refrigerator and I Didn’t Change Your Life"

A connection with a stranger reminded me how to play

Over on WBUR's Cognoscenti, I published an essay about a chance, playful encounter with a boy in an airport and how that got my in touch with the power of play. Enjoy.

Discussing narrative structure on the 7am Novelist podcast

On Michelle Hoover's The 7am Novelist podcast, I discussed how to find alternative structures and shape your own with host Michelle and writer Christopher Boucher, and how to go "Beyond Freytag" in re-examinging traditional narrative  structure in your novel, story or essay.

NASA crashed into an asteroid! Nerds like me are in heaven

A nerd out on the NASA's DART Mission to bump into an asteroid, published in WBUR's Cognoscenti

Watching the Red Sox. Looking for my mom

Did your mother coach your Little League team? Mine did. On #RedSox home opener day, my nostalgic reminincience, for WBUR Cognoscenti.

What Our Brains Do When We Play Wordle

A Q&A with Holly Taylor, Tufts University professor of psychology and mechanical engineering, about why that darned word game is so popular: "What Our Brains Do When We Play Wordle"

A celebration of Zoom's 50th

Half a century later, I can still sing the address: "Write Zoom. Z, double-O, M. Box 3-5-0. Boston, Mass. 0-2-1-3-4. Send it to Zoom!"

Read my essay/appreciation celebrating the 50th anniversary of the groundbreaking kids show Zoom.

Ethan On "Orpah": "Facing Childhood Trauma Led a Grown Son to Healing"

My essay "Facing Childhood Trauma Led a Grown Son to Healing" over on Oprah Daily magazine.

Talking Tolkien on the Mythmakers podcast

Thank you Oxford Center for Fantasy for inviting me to be on the Mythmakers podcast. Listen as we talk all things fantasy writers --- especially Tolkien --- and the multitude of subcultures they inspired from D&D to LARPing and more.