Serdar Yegulalp's Blog, page 39
June 25, 2022
Looking Onto Other Pages
"When everyone in the community reads the same books, you can an inward-looking, intellectually impoverished community that can only contemplate its own navel."
June 24, 2022
Join The Faker's Club
On the sociology of impostor syndrome.
June 23, 2022
On The Transformation Of Inspiration
Most projects don't end up anywhere near where they start out, and for good reasons.
June 20, 2022
The Container It Goes In
We put things into genres to make them sellable, and the best way to do that is after the fact.
June 16, 2022
The Art Of All, 2022 Edition
"All entertainment is art whether we like it or not" holds up better with every passing year, and for many reasons.
June 15, 2022
Self-Criticism Session
What do you do when you find yourself writing the kind of book you might take issue with if someone else wrote it?
June 11, 2022
The Popligopoly
"When you���ve got a million movies to pick from, picking a safe, familiar option seems more sensible than gambling on an original." Discuss.
June 10, 2022
To Embody The Moment Without Trying
People can get the anger of the current moment from anywhere. See what else you have to give.
June 8, 2022
Here, Now, Nowhere
On using Zen Buddhist notions of time in writing SF&F.
June 7, 2022
Time, Time, Time, See What's Become Of Me
Some healthy tension is needed between keeping the wheel of production turning and leaning on myself for being a lazy slob.
