I've fallen off blogging for too long, time to get back into it! While I've been away I have: Decided to take a break from writing my next novel to writing short stories. Threw away the short story I was writing and went back to my novel Enrolled in a technical writing certification course so …
Resurrection, by Leo Tolstoy
I just finished this one, my first Tolstoy, chosen because it's the shortest novel he wrote. The story is about a nobleman in 1880, Nekhlyudov, who finds himself on a jury. One of the accused is a woman he knew in is past, and who he wronged when he was young. While watching the trial he …
A clear idea of right and wrong
I've been listening to Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy, my first Tolstoy, and am enjoying the lack of moral relativism. It's somehow refreshing to have a narrator with a clear opinion of what is evil and what is good, and a character who also knows this and is trying to be good. All the shades of …
Losing momentum
Cause I haven't been writing every day, I feel the write is just draining out of me. So this is me trying to fill it back up again. Reading: I finished listening to Heart of Darkness and found it a bit disturbing, and also very well written. It was referenced in Rings of Saturn by …
Lucent Dreaming Debut Issue!
https://videopress.com/embed/td9gQvZJ?hd=0&autoPlay=0&permalink=0&loop=0 26 hours ago we received the first print run of Lucent Dreaming’s debut issue. Oh my goodness. It looks awesome. It’s full colour, illustrated and high quality and features new and emerging authors and artists. And when you’ve read and reread the stories and poems, you can even colour in our illustrations! We’re open …
Jonas David 