The worries I wrote about in my previous posts on this did not come to be, and the book ended up being less infuriating than Harry August, but also less interesting. Jeff Winston is living twenty-five years of his life over and over again. Each time he dies of a heart attack at exactly the …
Everything is temporary
It is so easy to take things for granted. But any of the things you enjoy in life could vanish at any moment. Not only that, but they almost certainly will vanish or change at some point before your death. Do you love your job? You won't always have it. Or even if you somehow …
What is the meaning?
More and more I want to write something that has meaning, that has some positive effect on the way people think or act. Shouldn't our creations be more than pretty flashes of light? Shouldn't they say something from within our hearts? Speak something to the world? Don't sacrifice meaning for the sake of entertainment. Entertainment …
It’s happening again…
The book I'm listening to, Replay, is laying the groundwork to really piss me off. After living his life over several times, the protagonist, Jeff, sees a movie out in theaters that he's never heard of before. It is a huge blockbuster that he definitely would have heard of or seen before in his previous …
Can pantsers write mysteries?
I've always wanted to write a murder mystery. I'm a big fan of Columbo, Poirot, Jessica Fletcher and all the other sleuths. I've often felt the desire to create my own detective, but am held back by the perceived complexity of writing a mystery, and my own improvisational writing style. In other words, I feel …
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