That thing I was talking about that had gripped me? Yeah, well, it let go... I'm really terrible at staying focused... Now I've decided to try something new that I've never done in my life... rewriting! I'm going to go back over one of my unfinished novels, clean it up, and see if I can …
Motivation
Is so very hard to find sometimes. There is no clear path to success, no obvious next step. Everything must be done with the high likelihood that it is a complete waste of energy and time. I sometimes feel like I'm in a vacuum. That, or one tiny voice in a howling hurricane made of …
Missing the point: Defenders
I just saw the trailer for this new Netflix show combining Jessica Jones, Nick Cage and Iron fist, and it looks terribly tiring and boring. People punching each other and things exploding is the realm of the mass produced super hero blockbusters we're all so sick of. The Netflix super hero shows, for the most …
Describing a face
How do you do it? I wonder if one can really use words to describe a face accurately. People tend to default to faces they've seen before, or shapes they are familiar with. I am trying something with a character of mine, and have picked a face of a real person to use as my …
Women?
Do they exist? Not, apparently, in the world of 'the glass bead game.' There are no women of power or intellect. There are no mothers, sisters, daughters. There are no random women walking down a street. There are no instances of the word 'she' in the entire book so far. The only hint that the female …
Jonas David 