Serdar Yegulalp's Blog, page 9

One Long Deep Breath Later

Getting back to work on my projects, current and future.

The Curse Of A Concept

On Karl Popper's idea that there are no fields of study as such, just problems and the attempts to solve them.

Plan A Head

On not gaming out every possible scenario for some possible future occurrence whose details remain out of reach anyway.

A Shelf Is A Snapshot

How I got my book-hoarding tendencies under control.

Making It And Making Do

Just having the freedom and the energy to make something, anything, is spiritually rejuvenative.

And Now --

No, I didn't sleep much last night either.

Frustration's Flavor

After a week of (in theory) good work, I felt further than ever from my goals, not closer.

The Synesthesiologist

The very first novel I wrote and finished, which I no longer have a copy of, was an attempt to take an album that had an enormous influence on me and write what to me felt like the book version of it. I don't think the book failed because that was an impossible task, but more because I didn't know what the hell I was doing as far as writing novels went.

Resuming Normal Service

On Friday my home internet connection began hiccupping in a way that suggested a loose wire somewhere. I had little idea I was more correct about this than I could know.

This, That, & The Other (Oct. 2024 Edition)

Time to play catch-up with a few things.