Chris Angelis's Blog, page 22
March 1, 2021
Gothic Meter: Computer Analysis of Gothic, Horror, Science Fiction, and Dark Fantasy
If all this sounds familiar, you’re right! I’ve talked about this before, but there’s a crucial difference now. I’m giving you a chance to try it for yourself! Introducing Gothic Meter, a program that takes a text and not only tells you whether it falls within the wider Gothic sphere (Gothic, horror, dark fantasy, or […]
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February 22, 2021
Binary Dilemmas: What They Are and how to Avoid Them
Binary dilemmas are dilemmas that force you to choose either of two options. You could argue the term “binary dilemma” is somewhat redundant, in the sense that a dilemma usually only involves two options. However, this is not always true; you could be facing a dilemma between wearing a red, a blue, or a white […]
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February 15, 2021
How to Less Is More in Fiction
Notice how the title of this post is an example in itself. I didn’t say “How to Do ‘Less Is More’ in Fiction”, or anything like that. Yet still, you figured it out. The meaning was conveyed. Of course, this blog post is nonfiction, which makes it about facts. Fiction is about affect, which makes […]
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February 8, 2021
A Modern Text Adventure Game: Mansion Escape v2, in Your Browser!
Yes, I’ve got some really important news! As a name, Mansion Escape might be familiar to you, if you’ve played its first iteration on Android. But I decided to take this to a whole new level. Mansion Escape is dead, long live Mansion Escape! A modern text adventure game, in the style of the early […]
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February 1, 2021
Review of Kafka on the Shore, by Haruki Murakami
As you might have noticed from previous reviews, I’m a great fan of Japanese literature. I’m also a great fan of Haruki Murakami as well as Kafka (one of Murakami’s inspirations). And so, Kafka on the Shore felt like a great fit. Alas, it’s probably the most disappointing Murakami story I’ve read. Why that is […]
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January 25, 2021
How to Write Your First Book
Writing your first novel is a big deal. If you pardon the ridiculous metaphor, writing your first novel is not unlike the first time you slept with someone: It’s exciting, scary, fascinating, and – looking back – kind of special yet also pretty “meh”. The trick in learning how to write your first book lies […]
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January 18, 2021
Review of The Travelling Cat Chronicles, by Hiro Arikawa
As you might have noticed from previous reviews, I’m a great fan of Japanese literature. I’m also a great fan of cats. Combine the two, and this review of The Travelling Cat Chronicles, by Hiro Arikawa, was the result. Indeed, I’m writing this review mere minutes after I finished the book, as the impact is […]
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January 11, 2021
Mary Shelley’s “The Mortal Immortal”: Humanity and Meaning
Note: the following article on Mary Shelley’s “The Mortal Immortal” is a modified excerpt (pp. 74-76) from my doctoral dissertation, “Time is Everything with Him”: The Concept of the Eternal Now in Nineteenth-Century Gothic, which is available for free from the repository of the Tampere University Press. For a list of my other academic publications, presentations, etc. feel free […]
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January 4, 2021
How to Use Beta Readers Skillfully
The term “beta readers” refers to people who read your novel before you publish it. They can be invaluable in helping you find problems in your fiction. That is, if you know how to use beta readers in the first place. You see, most authors have a rather flawed idea of what a beta reader […]
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December 28, 2020
BardBot, a Shakespearean Chatbot
Remember my Shakespearean sonnet mixer? I was thinking, wouldn’t it be great if we could actually talk to the Bard and have him respond in his unique way to our questions? Well, of course it would have been, but alas, he’s dead. The next best thing – aren’t I modest? – is this BardBot; a JavaScript […]
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