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June 24, 2019
Review of Bittersweet
Today’s post offers a review of Bittersweet, by Lloyd R. Free. This is a novel set in the early 1960s – a time of great political and cultural upheaval. In this context, two young friends decide to leave the United States behind and move to France. The full title of the novel is Bittersweet: A […]
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June 19, 2019
Romantic Poets and Jinjer’s “Pisces”: Meaning, Duality, and the Human Tragedy
Hell, what a title, huh? Only a madman like myself could find a connection between Romantic poets and a modern band like Jinjer. But before we talk about Jinjer’s “Pisces”, meaning, duality, and the human tragedy, there’s something you need to know about Romantic poets. They were bad-ass motherfuckers. They were obviously the rock stars […]
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June 15, 2019
How to Write Realistic Characters
How to write realistic characters is something most fiction writers worry about. This is for good reason. Writing realistic characters, with realistic dialogues and inner worlds, is the key to writing realistic fiction. Of course, before seeing how to write realistic characters, you should perhaps ask yourself whether it’s necessary for your novel to have […]
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June 9, 2019
Separate the Art from the Artist
No, this isn’t a post about the chaos of meaning and authorial intention. Or, then again, maybe it’s at least related to it. Today I want to talk about those peculiar readers who seem utterly unable to separate the art from the artist. But what does it mean, to separate the art from the artist? […]
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June 4, 2019
How to Make a Random Quote Generator
Today’s topic doesn’t have to do with literature, society, the Gothic, or writings tips. And yet, in some abstract way, it does. Although this post is a technical step-by-step guide on how to make a JavaScript random quote generator, it’s also yet another reminder that creativity is a holistic process. In other words, there aren’t […]
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May 29, 2019
Review of The Shadow of the Wind
Some time ago, when I reviewed Michel Laub’s Diary of the Fall, I mentioned how sometimes all the ingredients can be there but the recipe is still a failure. Carlos Ruiz Zafón’s The Shadow of the Wind is somewhat similar, I’m afraid. All the ingredients are there, yes. It kinda works, and yet it doesn’t. […]
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May 25, 2019
Immortality in Dracula: Dialectics of Ambiguity
Note: the following article on immortality in Dracula is a modified excerpt (pp. 64-67) from my doctoral dissertation, “Time is Everything with Him”: The Concept of the Eternal Now in Nineteenth-Century Gothic, which can be downloaded (for free) from the repository of the Tampere University Press. For a list of my other academic publications, see here. Immortality in Dracula acquires ominous […]
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May 20, 2019
Impostor Syndrome and Writers
Let’s talk about impostor syndrome and writers. I could here give you a quick definition of what impostor syndrome is (chances are you know already), but let’s start with some personal revelations first. This will take a while to build up, but hopefully your patience will be worth it. So, here goes… A List of […]
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May 13, 2019
What Is Negative Capability
In today’s post I will talk about Negative Capability. In particular, I’ll try to answer the question, What is negative capability? There’s a reason I’ve used bold font. There’s also a reason I said that I’ll try to answer the question. Honestly, few things in a literary context have troubled me more than negative capability. […]
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May 8, 2019
Greek Almonds and my Childhood Summers
This post is a stream-of-consciousness post. If you liked the one on coffee and summer afternoons, you’ll like this one too. If you found that one too chaotic and nonsensical, leave now – because this one isn’t any different. Greek almonds; and childhood summers; and coffee (yeah, I know); Stream-of-consciousness means I just type whatever […]
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