Last week (September 22-28) was Banned Books Week, and given that I’ve committed this year to reading more books challenged by brain-dead morons, I feel like I can’t not do … Continue reading Banned Books Week 2k19 – Sadeq Hedayat
Three books I’ve read in the last few weeks. Let’s do this. Memories of My Melancholy Whores Author: Gabriel Garcia Marquez Country: Colombia Where I Got It: Quarter Price … Continue reading What I’ve Been Reading – February 2019
When I was ten years old, my schoolteacher gave a lesson on writing stories. I have this distinct memory of her asking us to think about what makes a good … Continue reading My Favorite Titles
When I set out to blog about Red Dead Redemption 2 I had no idea I was writing a quartet. This game is so vast and layered that more and … Continue reading Red Dead Redemption 2 Review Part 4 – American Venom (Spoilers)
At the stroke of midnight 2018 will be gone forever, and there will be no time left to improve upon it or add to its legacy. Except not really. In … Continue reading My Year in Review: 2018
To continue my series of Red Dead Redemption 2 posts, I’d like to examine the plot and characters in greater detail. You can click here for my review of the gameplay … Continue reading Red Dead Redemption 2 Review Part 3 – Cruel, Cruel World (Spoilers)
When I traveled to Budapest last April, I made it a mission of mine to see as many of the city’s literary sites as possible. I bathed in the rich … Continue reading The Crescent City Diaries #5 – Faulkner’s Footsteps and Tarot Readings
With my Hungarian series concluded, I’d like to write a post reflecting on how 2018 has gone so far. In my New Year’s Resolution post I outlined some targets I wanted … Continue reading Reassessing My 2018 Resolutions
I’ve never been 100% confident in my ability to write dialogue. It’s something I’ve been paying close attention to in my novel. I have to get it right, because dialogue … Continue reading Notes on Writing a Novel #2
As many of you know, I’m writing a novel. I’m about halfway through the first draft and I figured it might be a neat idea to blog about the writing … Continue reading Notes on Writing a Novel #1
When I was a student of Creative Writing at the University of Winchester, there was one seminar in particular that stood out to me. It was the final semester before … Continue reading What My Degree Taught Me About Writing Fiction
I’m not sure what I expected from 2017, except more of the same. The same half-hearted attempts at being productive; moments of inspiration that disappeared as quickly as they came- … Continue reading My Year in Review: 2017
