I've just started this one by Vladimir Nabokov, and already am blown away just in the first pages. This guy is pure genius, and I wonder how he's not ranked higher than he already is even. I'm laughing almost ever page as I read this, its just so subtly brilliant. I wonder if as many …
Exploring
Writing a story based in a city I've never been in is interesting, and fun. I wonder how writers did it before the age of the internet. I can drop down into the streets and virtually walk them to get a feel for the city. I can look up bars and restaurants and read reviews …
Great humor
I've started listening to Great Expectations  and am finding it very entertaining. He is quite adept at painting his characters in very memorable and overblown ways, while still keeping them from being caricatures or ridiculous. I've been laughing out loud a lot with this one so far. I wonder why all these classic novels …
Finished!
I completed a draft of the novel I've been working on since April! And... it's not a novel, coming in at only around 33,000 words. Well, that's where it ended, so that's what it is. I may even end up cutting some, as I rambled quite a lot in the beginning. It feels amazing to …
Enduring stories
I just got some tickets to see The Princess Bride in my local theater for its 30th anniversary, and it has me wondering, what makes some stories stick around and stay loved over the years, and others fade away to nothing? It's definitely not the 'graphics' or 'effects'... yet this is what hollywood spends 90% of …
Jonas David 