This post contains spoilers. If you haven't seen HBO's Sharp Objects, you're in for a treat, go watch it. Then come back and read. Sharp Objects is a show you have to pay attention to. It's smart, and subtle, and you can miss entire plot points if you look away for even a few …
Satantango, by László Krasznahorkai
This one was alternatingly intense, uneasy, claustrophobic and funny. The story takes place in a small Hungarian town where the collective farm has collapsed and the people have no way to make money. They are all looking for a way out, and have placed their faith in a mysterious and charismatic character who may or …
Story vault
I've started posting my old stories on Wattpad, so they can have a home. I've posted 3 so far, and will continue to post them every few days until I've posted every story I'm not ashamed of. I expect there should be 20 or so, maybe more. Most of them will probably go through some …
The effects of formatting
I've been reading Satantango by László Krasznahorkai, and it is formatted in an unusual way, in that it is basically a wall of text with no paragraph breaks. While this sounds odd, and annoying to read (it was at first) it gives the words a kind of overwhelmingness, and endless pressure and urgency that really …
Back on the wagon again again
All that talk about blogging again and I go on vacation for 2 weeks and don't blog. oops. I read a book while I was away, called How Fiction Works, by James Wood. It was great, I read it in just a few days cause I couldn't stop. I learned a lot from it, and …
Jonas David 