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November 18, 2021
Book ~ The Devil In Dover
The Devil in Dover: An Insider’s Story of Dogma v. Darwin in Small-Town America by Lauri Lebo This was an impulse read. I suppose it might be odd that I chose to read about a evolution/intelligent design court case on impulse, but that’s how it goes sometimes. The book was mentioned in passing during an […]
November 10, 2021
A Wednesday Update (why not?)
Writing Up until Monday, I was pretty much on track with my NaNoWriMo writing, at least word-count wise. Plot-wise I’m fumbling around some, which is fine. I’ve just written the first couple of chapters twice at this point. But I’m more or less happy with how things are going, aside from being a bit behind. […]
November 3, 2021
My Year in Nonfiction (thus far) 2021
I’m not going to participate officially in Nonfiction November because I don’t think I have time to put together posts each week, but I do want to give a shout-out to the event. Reading nonfiction often gets overlooked as being dry or not being as important as “literature.” False dichotomy! Nonfiction is a wide genre, […]
October 30, 2021
Danse Macabre Around the Sundial Tonight
A couple reviews of books I finished a last weekend during Readathon: Danse Macabre by Stephen King Back in the late 70s, after Stephen King had become the go-to horror guy, he was approached to write a book about the phenomena of horror: why some people like it, why some writers write it, and why […]
October 29, 2021
Unstructuring
I’ve been reading over old journal entries. Really old. Entries from back when this blog was actually a LiveJournal. I used to get so much done! Okay, that may be truth, but it’s mostly illusion. I used to get different things done. I did more housework. I wrote more fiction. (Probably.) I might spend more […]
October 25, 2021
Monday Miscellanea, 10/25/21
From Around the Internet I had no idea there were so many cinematic Edgar Allan Poes. Reading I mostly survived the 24-hour Readathon on Sunday. I got about 16–18-ish hours of reading in. I’m a slow reader so this means I finished up a couple books and a half dozen short stories. Nonfiction November is […]
October 22, 2021
24-Hour Readathon October 2021
. . . Sunday, 02:30 Nope, I didn’t make it any longer than usual! I was toast by 2:30. Closing Survey How would you assess your reading overall? It went well! I still haven’t gotten to The Ceremonies, but that was a stretch goal. Did you have a strategy, and if so, did you stick […]
📌 24-Hour Readathon October 2021
Friday Dewey’s 24-Hour Readathon starts at 5am on Saturday for me. Will I be up that early? Probably not. But we’ll see. I have nothing going on this Saturday, not even a football to watch/listen to, so it’s pretty much perfect. Some Stuff I’ll Probably Read Finish The Sundial by Shirley Jackson Finish Danse Macabre […]
October 21, 2021
Writing & Reading Notes, 10/21/21
Writing Notes Yeah, I’m going to do NaNoWriMo. I plan on revisiting a project I’ve been tinkering with for *years*, but this time from a different angle. Between now and Nov. 1, I have a couple short stories I’ll play ping-pong with. Currently, I have one short story out in the world; it has racked […]
October 18, 2021
Monday Miscellanea, 10/18/21
Classic Club Spin On Wednesday, I posted my list for Classics Club Spin #28. On Sunday, the random roll was revealed: 12! Which for me is King Solomon’s Mines by Henry Rider Haggard. Haven’t read any Haggard before and, as I commented on my list post, I love “spooky season,” but I’m definitely ready for […]
