Author: Rosemary B. Althoff

Writing Update

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I’m writing plotted-out chapters on the sci-fi novel, Silence to Singing. My latest chapter introduces the archenemy, Lord Tahei Charon aka “Karl.”

He’s suave and smooth and handsome and ruthless as a dagger. He’s also leader of The Horned Edge, a pervasive threat to Earth that has infiltrated all areas of society.

Karl has raised up armies to invade the United States; those are poised to begin the offensive.

Karl’s biggest fear involves my main character, brilliant young physicist Lewis Brahmindura.

Lewis has everything going right at his tense moment in history. He’s about to get married to his true love Deirdre; he’s nominated for a Nobel prize for his work on gravitational resonance and teleportation; and he is about to embark on fully funded time travel research. His task for national defense: To capture Karl and throw The Horned Edge into confusion.

Yes, Lewis seems to be doing fine … until Karl moves first.

Rosemary interview with Briggs on Books at Central Valley Talk

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Mike Briggs interviewed me for his talk show which invites authors to present themselves and their books.

I presented my Christian sci-fi series, “A Soul’s Warfare.”

To avid readers … Briggs on Books at Youtube or Facebook or other media sites has a tempting array of great reads—including mine.

What Bothers You and Why?

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ALL-OR-NOTHING THINKING: You see things in black-and-white categories. If your performance falls short of perfect, you see yourself as a total failure.

David D. Burns, Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy

“All I do is mess up.”

“Nobody has any respect these days.”

“All politicians are corrupt.”

These are samples of all-or-nothing thinking that I have heard expressed.

The “hasty generalization” fallacy is unethical, creates strong, sour, unpleasant emotions but does not help any matter get better. It is rampant in American thinking. In extremes, the fallacy leads to hatred of self and others, and even to violence.

A remedy is Both-And Thinking. That means including some of each side in your approach. For instance:

“SOMETIMES I mess up—but not all the time!”

“MANY people have respect, despite a FEW outliers.”

“SOME politicians are altruistic and desire the best for their constituents.”

Think sensibly. Yes, there are wholesome extremes in thinking, such as:

“God is good.”

However, check your thinking the next time you feel a powerful negative emotion, because you may be using the despair-creating all-or-nothing fallacy.