Serdar Yegulalp's Blog, page 23

The Justification Of A Virtuous Vice

I know at the end of the day I don't really have to justify buying books, even as "research". But I still justify it.

The Exhibition Of A Pathology

A failed story of mine about "insane" behavior now seems a good deal less implausible, worrisomely so.

Once More, With Feeling(s)

I'm back to working on the new novel, sort of.

Home(page) Improvement

The software running this blog (my creation) is getting a back-end facelift. About time.

Wrecking Balls For Language Barriers

Machine translation of fiction: not for commercial use, but maybe personal?

Recovery Time

I spent part of yesterday in a dentist's chair, getting two wisdom teeth extracted. I spent the rest of the day in bed, recovering.

Details, Details

How I tried to write my new novel and failed, but now have a far better battle plan.

The Real Problems And The Real Solutions

In creative work there are no genres or labels, but only problems and the attempts to solve them.

No One Gets Talked Out Of This (Or Into It)

If someone can talk you out of being a writer, you���re not a writer. But that doesn't mean other writers owe you anything.

And Put Away Childish Things

Or at least transcend them. How my childhood fandom interests pointed the way beyond to future creation.