Galileo’s Dream
1st quarter of novel invokes 1600 Italy very well, the mindset and understanding of how the components of the world interact. If it stayed at this level, it would have been 5 stars
Category: Craft
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Choice of form to write
Staying motivated to write
Writing style
Emergency Skin
Emergency Skin by N.K. Jemisin My rating: 5 of 5 stars I got Emergency Skin as a free Prime read. It’s a long short story, part of the Forward collection, excellent sci fi. The meeting…
Washington Square
Washington Square by Henry James My rating: 3 of 5 stars I selected Washington Square for diversion with an edifying thread. Unfortunately, it was a tragedy. Caroline did not overcome her weakness and her father…
Eligible Book Snapshot
Very fine recasting of Pride and Prejudice to 21st century America with liberated woman and massive changes in technology and daily life.
Best American Essays
I can enjoy these essays as well as study the structure the authors used to achieve their effects.
Valley of the Boom
National Geographic has a series on the internet browser wars of the mid to late 1990s. I was in commercial software development and remember when I first learned about the internet in 1990. Watching Valley…
Short Story Craft
Writing craft elements that I learned through practicing these last 10 years. Wanting to arrange in my mind, that means writing them.