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  • More on what I want to write about

    April 20, 2009

    • In everything I write I want to create works above all that relate to the general meaning and purpose of life. I wouldn’t necessarily claim to be successful in this, but at least that is my basic impulse. Beyond that, the central conflict that lies behind most of my work is what Colin Wilson deals with in The Outsider: the artist who stands apart from society and rebels against it. It was Leo ...
  • An Ordinary Day in the life of this writer

    March 26, 2009

    • Today was a day like many others, with only a minor difference: I’m fighting off the tail end of a cold season bug, which turned out to be a rather muscular dragon's tail knocking me back down every time I got up. A gentle rain fell as I woke up. It served as a musical backdrop to the crying of gulls, the singing of the resident male robin, and the trilling of song sparrows. Despite a light ...