Posts tagged writing
The Beauty Of Paperless Publishing
Everyone talks about how ebooks are great because they cost less, ship faster and don’t kill trees. And it’s all true, but even before a book hits the (virtual) shelves, the production process has changed significantly. The way it used to be 10 years ago when I had finished a first draft of a story…
Why FREE and PAID Don’t Contradict
We’re living in the 21st century but in many ways we are still looking at life through 20th century glasses. It is this conflict or clash that characterizes most contemporary debates about privacy and copyright. From Mass Production To “Handcrafted” Digital Artefacts In the wake of the Industrial Revolution, humanity became accustomed to the consumption…
Why Handwriting Might Be More Important Than We Think
A few days ago the Guardian published an extract of Philip Hensher’s book “The Missing Ink” which asks the question what role handwriting still has in the age of Twitter and texting. It hit me that we are at a moment when handwriting seems to be about to vanish from our lives altogether… Sensory Immediacy…
Turning Ebooks Into Paperbacks And Stealing Twins
Usually I try not to bombard this blog with too many updates, but sometimes the carefully controlled bursts of blogging give way to waves of new stuff. So before we continue with our usual schedule, here are two things I’d like to let you know, before everything gets washed away in a flood of forgetfulness…
Crime Pays After All: Rediscovering A Classic Genre
I was never much of a fan of books in the crime/mystery genre. While I grew up watching and enjoying famous German crime series on TV such as Tatort or Ein Fall für zwei, my reading and writing habits were developing along very different lines. In elementary school, many of my friends were consuming books…
A Short Story About The Middle East
( tl;dr – wrote a short story, you can download it here) I’ve lived both in the Far and Middle East. Both experiences left strong memories, traces, impressions. And I noticed very early that if I wanted to convey any of my experiences to others in writing, an autobiographical account wouldn’t cut it. Short Fiction…