I tried The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August* on a whim, and Wow! did I get lucky. The premise: a little girl visits a dying man to tell him the world is ending and he has to prevent it. I almost didn’t get past this point because I figured […]
timothyspeirs
Every time I get the great idea of rewriting fairy tales, I rediscover the reason that I haven’t done so yet: if people wanted to read those fairy tales, they could do so by turning the same sources I’d use. Why duplicate something that’s already great? Fairy tale rewrites were […]
Three Historical Facts
Once again I intended to change things up but it got me realizing I don’t want to keep doing this shift back and forth from “serious subjects” to light ones according to overweighting on one end or the other. Which made me realize that a perfect way to break this […]
A Quick Stroll through Internet Randomness
Well that’s annoying – I fell asleep, came up with a handful of ideas to write about, woke up and have no idea what those great ideas were (I actually was plotting them out in my dream). Oh well. Once again, I think I’ve been writing a few too many […]
Mid-Point Review
Depending on who you ask, the world’s never seen better days or we’re starting the descent into deep, apocalyptic collapse. Unless you want to prove me wrong, in which case I admit I’m not completely committed to either of these two parties either. Every person, group of people, nation or […]
Be Optimistic Even in Dark Times
Oh the irony: I’ve intended all day long to write about why I don’t write about politics, and now I can’t tear myself away from the incoming Brexit results to write any post. A thought-provoking Tweet I think I love: Whatever the outcome, I love that there’s a vote on […]
Why I don’t Write about Politics
Ever since Amazon came out with the Kindle*, there’s been a war raging between reading types. It’s kind of silly if you ask me: are you reading because of the format? Or are you reading for the story/information/idea/words? I’ve been writing so much about philosophical topics or my site these […]
How Do You Read?
I avoid recommending dystopian books mostly because the genre has been way over-hyped these last ten years or so. There are a couple exceptions I will always make: The Giver by Lois Lowery and The Long Walk by Stephen King – yes he writes non-horror books. If I’m recommending a dystopian […]