"Come. There is a way to be good again." - Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner
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"Come. There is a way to be good again." - Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner
On my ongoing struggles to finish my 3rd story collection
Current pace: 9/12
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My review of Caitlin Starling's "The Starving Saints "
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Review of "You Weren't Meant to be Human" by Andrew Joseph White
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Unsolicited writing advice, no. 357:
If you think of your characters as people, so will your readers. That means giving them a past, interests, people in their lives, likes, dislikes, a culture, an education, (dis)abilities, strengths, weaknesses. Your readers don’t need to know it all, but you do.
Yup. I loved reading them even when they hardly gave you information to beat the game.
Les Miserables - in French and unabridged
I know 'reading makes you inherently a better person' is a cringe perspective but I do attribute a lot of my empathy for other people to reading a lot of Jaqueline Wilson books as a kid
Thought for the Day…
Monday thought:
Thou shalt accept that DEI didn't hold your career back -- you're just mid, bro.
The main takeaway from the Book of Job.
Here’s a New Year’s Resolution:
Be on the side that reads books — not the side that bans them.
people tell you the best thing about having written a book is getting to call yourself a published author or sharing your vision with the world but really the best thing about having written a book is that you don't have to write it anymore
"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all."
Arthur C. Clarke
These are their stories. "Tong, tong."
Cause they're willing to do anything to get and keep it.
Finally got to watch "Wicked" today and let's just say that I enjoyed it more than I expected.
Two stages of writing:
1) This shouldn't take too long
2) Oh no
Goal of the protagonist in:
French novel: "to fall in love"
British novel: "to get married"
Russian novel: "to become a great man"
American novel: "to kill that fuckin' whale, man. I want that GOD DAMN whale to die. FUCK, I hate whales so much!!"
I'd argue that 500 million would be enough.
B when it's just for me, A when it's for my 8 year old who wants the yolk perfect so he can eat around it before smashing the yolk.
Lol. We really have God greeting newcomers to this site every day.
Televangelists ask for your money 'in My name,' but trust me, I haven’t seen a dime of it—those private jets don’t pay for themselves.
Literally......
