I've been away for a while, not writing. Not writing sucks! I somehow lost the motivation. I say somehow, but I know how. I started to feel that it was pointless to write when nothing will ever come of it. I still sort of feel that way. It's not that I doubt that I'm good …
Jonas David’s Fiction Fridays, Episode #1: Slice of Life
--1:22 PM and thirty-eight seconds on January third, 2018: Strategies for escape: Lift a pencil, sharpened, and place the point against the right tear duct. With the heel of your palm against the eraser, angle the utensil so it is parallel with the bridge of your nose. Thrust into the brain. Find the heaviest object …
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Goals for 2019
It's that time of year again, where we all decide to really do the things we want to do. Usually it lasts for a couple months then we fall back into our ruts. That's why it's better for goals to be concrete, realistic, and achievable! Here are some of mine for the next year. Make …
The books I read in 2018: the good, the best, and the rest
This year I continued my exploration of the literary. I read 34 books, the same as last year (missing my goal of 40 by a fair amount) and only two of those could be called genre. Of those 34, most were brilliant, some extremely so, and very few were bland or uninteresting. I don't think …
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The Last Samurai, by Helen Dewitt
No, it has nothing to do with the 2003 Tom Cruise movie (which came out 3 years after this novel was released)--and that I need to make that distinction at all is an illustration of the sad state of American culture, because this book was flipping amazing and I can't believe I've never heard of …
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