Archive for May, 2010

TBATW Revision

May 14, 2010

I have been wanting to bring up the parallels in Crime and Punishment more and so have borrowed some of Dostoevsky’s language in scenes that are similar. I think there are around 20 instances. I also used these instances to add some color to scenes I thought could use a little touching up, though I [...]

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TBATW Draft 2

May 13, 2010

I have completed the second draft of The Babe and the Wolves.
I still need to improve the Boston geographical descriptions as well as the chronology. I plan to outline the exact paths and places visited as well as the chronoly so that more details can be added. In addition, I want to bring out [...]

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Book rec for Crime and Punishment lovers

May 6, 2010

While working on my manuscript for The Babe and the Wolves, I have been reading Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment. I have tried reading it a couple of times, but I am not a great fan of Dostoevsky’s writing style, but this time I powered through it.
Why read it if I did not think I [...]

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Book recommendations and DJs

May 6, 2010

During a discussion on Digital Book World today, there was a lot of talk about the role of the book blogger as one who recommends books and why publishers have not put more effort into this role. The idea went something like this: when someone buys a book, the publisher is pretending they do not [...]

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New Abstract Photos

May 6, 2010

Just added a bunch of new photos to the galleries. Mostly industrial abstracts, but there is some other stuff too. Here’s a link to the galleries:
Link to Photo Gallery

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