Serdar Yegulalp's Blog

Radio Silence Details, October 2025 Edition

What have I been up to these last few weeks? It's a lot.

The Venom Of The Ungrateful

Or: on the real nature of gratitude.

Go Ahead And Ruin It For Me

I've never been bothered by learning spoilers in a story. The reason why comes from my studies in storytelling.

How Does The Tractor Feel?

One of the origins for 'Pavilion 7': the John Deere right-to-repair story.

The Real Thing Vs. The True Thing

Which way to end a book: with cruel reality or slightly fanciful truth?

"The Conditions Are Always Impossible"

The only way to confront the fact that the conditions are impossible is to see for yourself, up close and personal, just how impossible they are.

The Fine Art Of Unburying Myself

Post-draft exhaustion is a real thing.

Run Through The Tape (2025 Edition)

The other night I sat down and wrote, in one lengthy sitting, the final chapter for��Pavilion 7, draft 1. The only reason I didn't pour myself a tall stiff one is I don't drink.

The Zeno's Paradox Of The Final Stretch

I'm not quite done with��'Pavilion 7' draft 1 yet. I keep trying to be done with it.

The Flavor of the Sausage

I've come to suspect the reason many people, even quite intelligent ones, succumb to the delusion that generative AI is thinking/sentient/conscious is because many of them have no experience with how the sausage is made.