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Remembering An Old TeacherAs I’ve mentioned often, memory is an important asset for a writer – and artists in general. Perhaps we can’t rely on memory for...
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Santa Is an Emotional Abuser: On Modern Authority StructuresYeah, OK, I know; Santa isn’t real (oops; spoiler alert?) but as Picasso ostensibly said, everything you can imagine is real. That is, Santa...
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Rosy Retrospection: Meaning and Repercussions“People were kinder when I was a kid!” “We could sleep with the doors unlocked back then!” “There was justice and...
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Why I Will Likely Never Write Another NovelWhenever someone says “always”, “never”, or “everyone”, be very suspicious. I am too of my own utterance....
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“To Be Understood”: A Lesson from The Owl HouseYou might remember a post on the concept of the pink Gothic I once wrote. You might also remember it was inspired by the animated series The Owl...
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About a Paragraph Found in Madame BovaryToday’s post – “About a Paragraph Found in Madame Bovary” – is authored by Igor da Silva Livramento. He’s a fellow academic from UFSC,...
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Individuality and Capitalism: Lessons From Remaking my WebsiteFor a long time I’ve been meaning to revamp Home for Fiction. When I put it together back in 2017, I was in the middle of defending my...
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Writing Violet Evergarden StyleViolet Evergarden is a character in the eponymous Japanese light novel series – and subsequently anime. But what does “writing Violet...
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Ember’s Disappearing Clothes: Unnecessary Diversions in FictionI’m sure this is one of those post titles I really need to explain. I mean, “unnecessary diversions in fiction” gives you at...
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Punning Walrus: a Wise-Ass Just Like His CreatorPunning Walrus is a linguistically self-aware cartoon character I’ve created. You might have already seen him visiting the updated Home for...
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The Place of Style in Thinking about LiteratureToday’s post – “The Place of Style in Thinking about Literature” – is authored by Igor da Silva Livramento. He’s a fellow academic from...
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Literary Analysis of Three Excerpts I Like; of my Own FictionAh, yes; another egotistical post. A bit like the one where I essentially reviewed my own work. But as there was value in that, there is value in...
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Ethics or Morality: A Crucial DifferenceLet’s get this out of the way: There is no “god-given” definition of either ethics or morality (there’s a meta- element of...
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Digital Literacy and Old Age: an Irrelevant CorrelationThere is a persistent but fallacious belief regarding digital literacy: “Old people can’t use computers”. Not only is this...
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Three Kinds of Imagination and How To Use Them in Your WritingAre there “kinds of imagination”? It would seem all imagination is, if not the same, at least “good”. “Imagination...
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Why I Hate Victorian LiteratureI hate Victorian Literature. Actually, allow me to rephrase this: I hate Victorian literature with a passion. This isn’t very useful to you,...
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The Emperor’s New Clothes and The Problem of ExperienceYou likely know the story of the Emperor’s new clothes: An arrogant emperor is fooled by some fast-talkers into marching through the streets...
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How a Writer Can Be Immune to CriticismReading negative criticism – worse still: mere ratings – about something you made isn’t easy. Few people want to hear...
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When My First Book Was RejectedRecently, searching through boxes containing ancient paperwork, I found the manuscript of my very first novel! Unsurprisingly, it was also my...
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“A Summer Evening in Another World” (Short Story)If you are are reading this short story on or around the day it went live (and you live in the northern hemisphere), you are reading it on a...
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Ophelia’s Secret: Agency and Conceptual Cohesion in ArtThe title seems very opaque and ambiguous, I’m sure (welcome to my world). “Ophelia’s secret? What secret? Ophelia who?” I...
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How to Name a Character in FictionWhat’s in a name, huh? Choosing how to name a character shouldn’t be too big a problem, right? Well, not so fast. Just as coming up...
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Review of Terminal Boredom by Izumi SuzukiTerminal Boredom, by Izumi Suzuki, is a collection of science fiction short stories. It includes seven stories in total, and should be possible to...
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Literary Genre Detector: a Simple AI model in PythonMy knowledge in Python is scant compared to JavaScript, though some years ago I did play with it a bit. Still, lately I’ve been interested...
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Dreaming of Japan (and Other Imaginary Lands)Japan is obviously not imaginary; it’s a real country, it exists – if you’re looking for countries that don’t exist, Finland is...
