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There is only one great tragedy in life. And it happens to all of us. Sooner or later, whether we want it or not, we understand, in our own different way and at our own pace, that we are temporary. We are going to die, it’s our ineffable destiny. There’s nothing more frightening than realizing that one day you are going to die.  After that life feels like an absurd struggle, some kind of stupid mime or insipid play carried on by bad actors. [READ MORE]

  E-book vs. Print

Imagine reading a book, imagine the solitude that the act requires, imagine the questions and the answers. And then there’s that certain empathy, the link that an author establishes with his reader. It’s a fascinating process, to be able to see into another person’s mind, to find another human being functioning in a different way than you are, to compare, to absorb ideals and beliefs in such an organic way. The best of books are not read like books. As cheesy as it sounds, they transfigure their medium, they become much more than just words. [READ MORE]

The First Draft

So writing is as simple as this: you write one word. You stare at it for a while – it’s kind of lonely there on your computer screen – so you write another one. One word at a time, one word after another until you have a sentence. Then you write another sentence, then magic happens: sentences form paragraphs, paragraphs form chapters, and then you have a finished first draft. [READ MORE]