E.B. Johnson
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I like to write about the things that interest me.
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Why Can't Problematic Parents Own Up to Their Mistakes?
My client and her mother had been at war for years. You name it, they fought over it. Clothes. Hair. Shoes. Bags. What school my client was going to, what school she wasn't going to. Everything between the two was a fight, and that was the only thing my client really knew their relationship to be…a fight. That's how she landed on me after hearing my story.
By E.B. Johnson about a year ago in Families
The Robot Who Sacrificed Itself For Art: A Too-Familiar Story of Innovation and Sorrow
A sea of faces blurred behind the tempered glass. Some smiled with glee as the robot twisted and danced, while others wore more stony glares. The wiley machine bent this way and that, first folding itself over in a macabre dance called "ass shake" before cracking itself into another impossible angle as it delighted its viewers with a move known to creators at the Guggenheim Museum as "scratch an itch".
By E.B. Johnson about a year ago in Art
Scorched Earth. Top Story - July 2024.
Humbly, they all went to the flames. One by one. Hardy smelled them as they burned, but there were no screams. "We done a good one here today, Hardy," the mayor spoke, husky and choked. The hat was low. The edge covered dark eyes watered from the smoke. "We done a good one, Hardy."
By E.B. Johnson about a year ago in Fiction
I Wrote the First Draft of My Historical Fiction Novel in 25 Days
My friends were not happy with me. It had been weeks and I had barely made an appearance for dinner, drinks, or anything else. I was fielding text messages multiple times in a day. "Where are you? What's going on?"
By E.B. Johnson about a year ago in Writers
Medium.com Has Failed Its Writers...It's New CEO Is At Probably Fault. . Top Story - July 2024.
When I joined Medium in 2019, it was a lifechanging experience. I was about two years out from my mother's death and going through a sort of personal revolution. I was in therapy and looking for a way to use my experiences to help other people. As I hit publish on my first post, I didn't realize I was starting on a path that would lead to a full-time career and a personal brand.
By E.B. Johnson 2 years ago in Writers
Historical Illiteracy Is One of the Biggest Problems Facing the Western World
It's not a trick question. How much do you know about the history of the human species? Do you know where you come from? No, not where your great-grandparents disembarked 150 years ago. Where do your roots truly lie? Many people can't answer that question.
By E.B. Johnson 2 years ago in History
The Worst Cults from History You've Probably Never Heard Of
Cults fascinate those of us outside of them, especially from a psychological point of view. Using an array of tools, cult leaders can manipulate their followers into doing horrifying and incredible things. It's can be difficult to fathom.
By E.B. Johnson 2 years ago in History
What Happened in the Final Weeks of Anne Boleyn's Life?
While people around the world celebrate the start of spring, dedicated historians of the Tudor period mark the beginning of May as a significant moment in history. That is especially true for the fans of Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's second and most infamous queen. Arrested on the 2nd of May in 1536, she was put to death only a couple of weeks later - one of the first queens ever executed in England's history.
By E.B. Johnson 2 years ago in History
