MIKEL J. WISLER

I've been thinking a lot about uncertainty lately. Because I mean, really, what the hell do any of us really know? And I mean know with...

This past weekend I finished reading Mark Manson's The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck. A friend recommended it to me a while back, and...

Did you know your favorite stories might save your life? In the introduction of her book, Wired for Story, Lisa Cron writes, "Recent...

Dealing with grief is on my mind right now, as my last post might indicate. But can stories help us deal with grief? Our brains are great...

And that's why we can't get enough of them. I have this particular lens through which I often view stories. It really doesn't matter to...

While I believe all storytelling helps us examine life, there's one particular genre that stands out to me as the most uniquely equipped...

A great story is something special to me. I love all kinds of stories. But what's a T-rex got to do with a wormhole and my love of...

In total nerd fashion, I keep track of what I read every year. I've been doing this since 2001, believe it or not. Back then I was a busy...

(Note: this post was first published in December 2011 on my previous blog, Cin-posium. It has edited slightly for reposting here.) A...