The following posts fall under the categories of Creative Writing and Books & Reading. (The link at the bottom will take you to older entries.)
Still reading... sort of
So, I have read more books since I posted last — I just didn’t have the mental energy to say anything about it. (Sorry.) Here’s a recap of what’s happened since my last report.
I made some progress on the “bought but never read” list. I started with two Fae books...Read More »
Five and two
I actually finished my second batch of five books in mid-August, but put off writing the blog post. I read mostly shorter works again — only one full-length novel, while the rest were novellas of various lengths.
Sisters of the Vast Black was the longest novella, and it surprised me —...Read More »
Five for one
For the first few months of Covid lockdown, I struggled with reading. Sometimes I could manage it, and sometimes I couldn’t. I’d pick up old favorites, read a few chapters, then pick up something else. I even had trouble with The Network Effect, which I’d pre-ordered in...Read More »
Reading revival
I’ve always struggled to be creative when I’m depressed. I’ve hardly done any writing for several years now; that’s probably obvious from the long silence here. But a few years ago — probably around the time that I was diagnosed with low iron levels — I noticed I was having...Read More »
Found words
Spotted this scrap of poetry on Twitter today, and it’s perfect and I don’t want to lose it.
...Read More »you’re trembling, but he reaches over and
he touches you, like a prayer for which no words exist,— Richard Siken bot (@sikenpoems) July 25, 2017