Its been a while since I posted, and that's because I've been getting 'it' done.
Writing: 44,000 words into my first draft of The Storyteller (approximately 44% done)
Reading: Read 13 books in 34 days. Most were small, but some were large.
School: Getting it done. More than half way through with the credential program
Reflections: Winter break was amazing. Saw lots of friends and family. Read and wrote a lot. Had a beer or three.
NYRB: This is a publisher that I've begun reading almost exclusively (10 of the 13 books so far this year) and I have about 50 more on the shelf waiting. Some realllllllly good titles include: The Other by Thomas Tryon, Belchamber by Howard Sturgis, Warlock by Oakley Hall, Ice Trilogy by Vladimir Sorokin and The Stranger in the House by Georges Simenon. Ones to avoid: Anything by J.R. Ackerly (he is a gifted writer, but man his relationship with his pets goes outside of my comfort zone), The Murderess by Alexandros Papadiamantis (this book has a cold blooded premise and still doesnt manage to raise a hair on the back of my neck. He is hailed as being the best modern Greek author by the famous Czech author Milan Kundera, but I'm not a fan of Kundera either. To each his/her own)
Things to tackle: Whew......Still want to do Proust. And I want to finish the book I'm working on by the end of Summer. It's doable, both things are doable.
One Love
-Kyle
3 comments:
Proust? You're a beast. I would rather read the encyclopedia...at least I could follow it. But honestly, I hear its worth the effort. Good luck on all fronts my man.
Belatedly, Thomas Tryon's Harvest Home was the most chilling book I've ever read. True, I don't much go in for chilling books but I have read Stephen King and… Mary Shelley?
Have you read Ghost Story by Peter Straub? It's great, kind of like if Poe, Hawthorne and King had a baby.
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