My novella about various birds and bird related things is now available to read here: https://writingdisorder.com/jonas-david-fiction/ Though it says 'fiction' right at the top of the page, I feel it may not be obvious that this is fictional. The narrator is not (exactly) me, and the 'author's preface' at the beginning is also part of …
the end of a long, dry era
I received an acceptance last night for a novella I wrote in 2019 and 2020. After many years of rejections and uncertainty, it finally has a home. This novella is important to me because it is the first thing I wrote after deciding not to give in to my fears of inadequacy. It is something …
the books i read this year
since i failed to blog about any of the books I read, here they are in reverse chronological order with a little snippet about each of them: The Star by Yukio Mishima A young, sexy actor at the peak of his career, followed everywhere by adoring fans, is carrying on a secret relationship with his …
i can and do judge books by their covers
I scan the shelves at used bookstores and I spot the gold among the trash based purely on the cover. Because while it's not true that all good books have good covers, it seems to be true that good books don't have that cover. Or maybe it's just that all my favorite books were written …
quotes from books you haven’t read #6
“God was a mistake. I’ve long understood there is zero difference between me and a bug, or a bug and a river, or a river and a voice shouting above it. There’s no sense or meaning in anything. It’s nothing but a network of dependency under enormous fluctuating pressures. It’s only our imaginations, not our …
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