Serdar Yegulalp's Blog, page 14

No Next Anything

Don't tell me someone is "the next Miyazaki" or "the next Stephen King"; it's an insult to everyone involved.

You Must Not Understand This Too Quickly

Every great mind I've ever encountered, I later found I could not take all of a piece.

Ruminating In Another City

There's something about being in a different city, in a different room than my own, that allows me to think freely about a project.

Coppola's Visualization Exercises

At the end of the day, you have to actually make something and not just "manifest" it.

Janitors Of A Higher World

"In our day-to-day lives we are nothing but the custodians and the janitors for our inner lives and for the lives of ideas that we are cultivating and transmitting across the generations..."

Follow The Leader

The opposite of slavish imitation isn't absolute originality, but��individuation --��making something yours.

Friday Miscellany For 5/10/2024

A few links from around and about.

SPAM: The Self-Published Authors' Manifesto

In the spirit of the POSER Manifesto for game makers, I offer you SPAM: The Self-Published Authors' Manifesto.

I Can't Get It Out Of My Head

The books worth��keeping are books that, for whatever reason, I cannot get out of my head, that I keep returning to and mulling over.

60 Subscribers And Climbing

My video channel on YouTube has a nice little following, and I'm hitting what feels like a good stride for its overall approach and flavor. Check it out if you haven't already. "Talking about science fiction and fantasy, by way of things that aren't. (And creating them, too.)"