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Sometimes when I write a review, I get to talk about things outside the novel in question. Of course, this is misleading: There is no separation between “outside” and “inside”; all art permeates life and vice-versa. Still, in this review of Dandelions, by Yasunari Kawabata, I have the chance to talk about imperfection in art. […]

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This post has all the symptoms of something egotistical – like the one I wrote about my favorite scenes from my own novels. But, just like that post, this one also holds value for the reader. By showing you my three favorite Punning Walrus cartoons, I get to talk about something else that’s important: Appreciation […]

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Our increasingly deteriorating societies, where we respect one another less and less while idolizing inanity and glorifying competition, come with another symptom: Relying on dominance, which is dangerous – for the dominating parties as well. Such is the nature of dominance. In a past post on injustice, I argued the following: There will always be […]

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Herodotus has Solon deliver the famous adage, Call no man happy until he is dead – and if you are a perceptive reader, you could even make a pivot to Giacomo Leopardi’s “Everything is evil”. Happiness is elusive, happiness is difficult to define, and ultimately, happiness is for idiots. I’m not the one who has […]

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As I’ve often said, creativity is holistic: It comes in different forms. So, right after I finished Sleeping in the City of Abandoned Dreams, I felt there was more to say, only musically. M is another postmetal/postrock album inspired by a novel of mine. The first such occurrence was with Hecate’s Dream, which was inspired […]

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I’ve been meaning to write this review of Untold Night and Day by the Korean author Bae Suah a long, long time. Until now I hesitated, the reason being I didn’t feel it’s the kind of book that can be easily described (let alone reviewed) with words. I felt I needed something else – literally […]

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Sleeping in the City of Abandoned Dreams is a short novel I recently wrote. It took me exactly 10 days to go from “blank page” to “edited, ready for publishing”. Of course this is unusual even by my standards (writing short, abstract, poetic fiction). What made this possible – and at the same time very […]

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Virtually all of my fiction writing advice focuses on art: It’s quality writing I care about, not marketing or how to make money with one’s fiction. Nonetheless, my posts still (even if indirectly) also explore marketing repercussions. Today’s topic, revolving around how to be a fiction writer in the AI era, is no exception. At […]

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In a recent discussion we had, my friend Igor used the term aesthetic education to refer to being exposed to a diverse set of artistic experiences in one’s formative years. I quickly realized that was a deceptively simple term, one containing vast universes of meaning. More importantly, I realized aesthetic education is a concept both […]

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It’s no accident “scammers” and “spammers” are only one letter apart. In most cases, their roles overlap. That is to say, scammers send a massive number of unsolicited email (spam) hoping a few naive people will take the bait. Obviously, Home for Fiction also receives some such traffic. I’ve several safeguards in place, so I […]

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