Ten thousand words on the new project (the one I started, then stopped, then--guess what--started again) in a bit more than a month since I started it. This is pretty slow to be sure, but it's much faster than the glacial pace I crawled at for the first part of my previous novel, which took …
A piece to the puzzle…
Still running my mind through all the stuff I pulled out of the aether when writing this novel I'm now trying to rewrite. It is a very satisfying feeling when I find a way to make the pieces fit. A connection clicks and it's like 'ah, yes, that must be what I was really planning …
Magic vs facts
Ritual, magic, mystical powers--these things seem to comfort and guide people much easier than facts or science. One of the short stories at the end of the glass bead game features a 'rain maker', a sort of shaman type figure who is in charge of when to plant crops, and is supposed to warn of …
Somewhat redeemed
Glass bead game has made a slight turn for the better. The main character came up with some of the same complaints I had, and left the order of cloistered obsessives to live in the actual world and do something real with all his knowledge--tutor a child. His story now seems to be over now, …
Missing the point: Defenders
I just saw the trailer for this new Netflix show combining Jessica Jones, Nick Cage and Iron fist, and it looks terribly tiring and boring. People punching each other and things exploding is the realm of the mass produced super hero blockbusters we're all so sick of. The Netflix super hero shows, for the most …
Jonas David 