Serdar Yegulalp's Blog, page 51

Ego Boogie

What's the real creative motive - making something, or making something of yourself?

Constructive Loafing

The best art all looks effortless, and the best artists all make it seem like play.

What We Brought To Show-And-Tell

Show the things that are best dramatized; tell the things that are best spelled out.

Good Enough

if you want to be read, aim for the middle. Don't write total crap, but don't write stuff that's only going to be of interest to a self-selecting few, either.

My Literary Graveyard

Dead projects of mine, and their tombstones.

You Have To Be Willing To Feel Stupid (For A While)

I sometimes help out in a programming-related forum, and one of the things I found myself saying to someone relatively new to programming seemed like generally good advice for entering into any discipline: "You have to be willing to feel stupid for a while."

Moving Parts Grind The Gears

On the balance between a story with too many rules and not enough.

In Dreams Begin Responsibilities (2021 Edition)

Last night I had a dream that was among the most vivid and terrifying I have ever experienced, possibly the most vivid and terrifying I've had yet.

The Loaves Are All Out Of The Oven

The whole of my back catalog has now been reissued under the Infinimata Press label. Pop your own champagne.

Whatever You Can Bring To The Picnic

There is a place for all of us there, and we just have to bring whatever we have with us to it.