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Apologies to Commenters

Hi. Just wanted to send out a quick thank you and apology to the people who have left comments on the site over the past couple months. Because of a plague of spam I had forced all comments to go through approval before going on the site. I didn’t realize people had actually been saying [...]

Posted 07 September 2009 † Gordon § Blogging ‡ Comments (3)

The Way

Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai by Tsunetomo Yamamoto My review rating: 4 of 5 stars “The proper manner of calligraphy is nothing other than not being careless, but in this way one’s writing will simply be sluggish and stiff. One should go beyond this and depart from the norm. This principle applies to all [...]

Posted 15 July 2008 † Gordon § Authors § Books § Links § Quotes § Work § Writing ‡ Comments (0)

Writing, Rejection, and Depression

I’m in the thirteenth month of trying to sell my short fiction collection with no buyer in sight, and I’m officially depressed. When I say depressed, I don’t mean clinically or medically depressed. I mean good, old-fashioned sad and upset. I have to admit that I’ve been fairly lucky as a writer. From time to [...]

Posted 24 December 2007 † armand § Guest posts § Just a thought § Writing § Writing process ‡ Comments (24)