May 17Control: The 77-day novelI, Dalton Lewis, spent 77 days on my novel We the Gamers. I know — it turns out to not be the only book with that title — sorry. The truth is that you should try to read this book because it reflects reality and real-world mental illnesses in a…Writing3 min readWriting3 min read
May 9Control: We the Gamers…https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C4Q324J7 I, Dalton Lewis, wrote a book about desperate people facing mental health issues. I spent 75 days on it — this seems like the right amount of time to spend on a 60,000 word book. Four friends play games together and live wonderful lives. Dalton Lewis — the character…Novel2 min readNovel2 min read
Apr 25Control Bears: Don’t Draft a Tackle…You Don’t Have to Draft a Tackle The Chicago Bears are widely expected to draft an offensive tackle in the first round of the NFL draft in late April. The Bears desperately need a right tackle. Opposing defenses saked Justin Fields way too often last year. They can draft a…Football3 min readFootball3 min read
Mar 4Control: Methods and Disasters…I, Dalton Lewis, came up with a half dozen methods of writing. I wanted to switch up my writing and use a new angle while writing because I wasn’t selling enough copies of my novels For example, I read a book about writing and followed its advice about how to…Writing5 min readWriting5 min read
Feb 27Control Review: QuantumaniaI loved Quantumania. I sit, in my chair in my living room, one of those fat white men, writing an article reviewing a comic book movie. Brie Larson doesn’t make movies for me. I weigh too much but have lost thirty plus pounds now — I’m down in the 270’s…Movie Review3 min readMovie Review3 min read
Feb 13Crazy Sports: Super BowlI, Dalton Lewis, watched the Super Bowl, and boy, it was super. It was decided by a penalty. Jesus! They let them play for fifty-eight minutes and then call a ticky-tack call in the last two minutes. Jesus. You can’t be inconsistent. That’s what everyone is saying today, and they…Football3 min readFootball3 min read
Feb 7Control: Monsters of River’s ValleyI, Dalton Lewis, wrote an ambitious book — the first standalone book in a series of novels in a shared universe. The universe will be large and varied -but I started it in River’s Valley, Iowa. Why Iowa? Well, because, in Iowa I have a small city with traditional American…Novel2 min readNovel2 min read
Feb 2Control Review: 12 Years A SlaveI, Dalton Lewis, read a book. It’s called 12 Years a Slave. It’s by Solomon Northup. He was a slave for twelve years. Let’s be honest for a second. This is a wonderful book about living through the worst hell that a person can live through and finding a way…Book Review3 min readBook Review3 min read
Jan 31Control: Empty SpacesI, Dalton Lewis, am filled with empty spaces — a husk, a shell, an emptiness that needs to be filled. I feel this hollow because no one reviewed my most recent book, The Dark Gods. I wrote a sprawling, 277-page novel about a war about slavery — a retelling of…Steps To Writing Novel3 min readSteps To Writing Novel3 min read
Jan 15Control: A Villain ProblemI, Dalton Lewis, have a villain problem. My villains need to step up and scare more people. They need to butcher, steal, and mistreat their way through my stories. My bad guys are cackling bad guys, gleefully enslaving people and doing horrible things without a hint of irony or depth…Writing3 min readWriting3 min read
