Creativity in Dream Mode
Stephen Graham Jones, Earthdivers Vol 2: Ice Age, (IDW) nominated for best writer at Eisner 2024. — One wonders if the pre-Columbian Americas had a “classical” literary culture. The U.S. before Columbus invasion had indigenous cultures like Mississippian, Pueblos (Anasazi), …
Miranda July’s “Roy Spivey” in The New Yorker:The Writer’s Voice podcast A fictional work, dotted with humour that ends on a sad note, can be devastating, as David Sedaris, who read the story in the podcast, tells Deborah Treisman, the …
YouTube channel “Tristan and the Classics” recommends reading just 12 pages of a classic per day. This 12 pages of a classic per day can be a daily ritual at a time set aside for it. That doesn’t preclude you …
While researching topic of submitting a manuscript to a literary agent, I came across the term query. Alyssa Matesic has industry experience of having been in publishing who gives insights into various of publishing from an Anglo-American point-of-view. Top 5 …
Book Fox, “You’re building characters backwards.” Why are we developing characters based on how they look rather than what they believe in? Build characters based on the following sequence:
The pilgrimage, a travelogue of a graphic novelist through the heartland of the subcontinent is not peaceful, considering the assault of the vibrant public life. Words: quotidian/sacred
The curiosity about what is cannibal about cannibal metaphysics led me to go through a book review of Eduardo Viveiros de Castro’s Cannibal Metaphysics. While going through the book review, it felt like a Brazilian version of post-colonialism. Non-western systems …
As a B1 FLE student, I searched for a French comedy on Netflix India and found Pourris Gâtés (spoiled brats). The millionaire dad who pretends to be broke to reform his spoiled brat children, the plot itself is very humorous, …
I came across both terms while searching how to blog directly from a mobile phone: “Second Brain” and “Digital Garden”. “Second Brain,” as described by Matt Giaro, focuses on outcome-oriented note-taking for monetizable content creation. It is a commercial version …
I first heard about Hanumankind in Ashwath Kok’s review of Aashiq Abu’s Malayalam film Rifle Club. I have written about how Aashiq Abu foregrounds the collective protagonist in this film, which is also Hanumankind’s debut as an actor. Then I …