Ah, Facebook, you know me! Facebook serves ads. Ads and algorithmic content are Facebook’s raison d’être, after all, not keeping up with friends, family, and things of interest. It’s vitally important that Facebook show me interesting restaurants in Memphis (never been) and concerts I’d like to see in Tulsa (also never been) instead of, oh,Continue reading “Things I Can’t Buy”
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Tolstoy on the Three Great Stories
The great Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy before he died imparted some wisdom on the three great stories, which are the building blocks of all narrative. “All great literature is one of three stories,” writes Tolstoy. “A man goes on a journey, a stranger comes to town, and Godzilla vs Megashark.” How does this apply toContinue reading “Tolstoy on the Three Great Stories”
Brigadier Gerard Returns!
I have a Brigadier Gerard short story in an upcoming Sir Arthur Conan Doyle anthology, and the story teams Doyle’s Napoleonic hero with Nikolai Rostov from Leo Tolstoy’s War & Peace. Read on for more information on the story and how to pre-order the collection.
War and Peace
I have finished War and Peace. The BBC audio drama, that is, not the novel. Which I have read; I read it in high school a long time ago. It was a bit flat. No, more than a bit. It was a lot flat. A decade after Napoleon’s invasion of Russia, the Rostov family andContinue reading “War and Peace”