Serdar Yegulalp's Blog, page 45
February 3, 2022
Look For Our New Facelift
Some design- and art-related thoughts on assembling a new Bootstrap 5-powered theme for this site.
February 1, 2022
'Unmortal' Is Now Available!
My new novel, "Unmortal", eighth in the Infinimata Press lineup, is now available in both paperback and ebook editions!
January 31, 2022
Behind The Scenes With 'Unmortal', Pt. 5: The Characters
An introduction to the roster of characters for my new novel "Unmortal", starting with the main characters.
January 29, 2022
Wrath Of Man
Closest in spirit to the bleak noirs of the 1970s, where the "good" guys are only slightly less terrible than the competition, and where everyone is staring down from the edge of the same abyss.
January 27, 2022
Titane
Julia Ducournau's Titane has at its heart a great tenderness, something you don't expect from a story about a sociopath who kills with a hairpin, then apparently has sex with a car and becomes pregnant with its child.
January 26, 2022
The Cocoons We Spin
"It is not possible for reviewers and critics to provide what they purport to provide ��� and for which writers so ridiculously and childishly yearn." (Doris Lessing)
January 24, 2022
The Arbiters Of The Arbitrary
Stories driven by arbitrary conceits tend to lose the reader's engagement, because in a story where anything's possible, nothing matters very much.
January 23, 2022
One Door Closes, Another Opens
Goodbye, "Unmortal"; hello, "Shunga-Satori" - or whatever I do work on next!
January 18, 2022
How To Give Constructive Feedback
My advice for how to give truly constructive feedback on someone else's work.
January 17, 2022
Don't Hide It, Provide It
The idea that you have to guard your story ideas, lest someone steal them, is a pernicious myth.
