BOOK REVIEW: Friedrich Schlegel, Lucinde (1799)

What even is this, and what did I read? ( Read more... )

This may be my new brand: geschlechtsloses Amphibion. Especially as 'Amphibion', a very weird Greek noun with a neutral grammatical gender 'das' (today's usage is 'die Amphibie', feminine).

BOOK REVIEW: Johnny B. Truant, The Artisan Author: The Low-Stress, High-Quality, Fan-Focused Approac

I am a sucker for how-to books so this one sucked me right in. I listened to it on audio. I can't say that the author is the all-time-best at narrating but his voice was adequate.

Positive take-aways: Write what you like, and then find your 'superfans' who also like just that. Don't worry about the rest. I did like being reminded of the art in artisan; that was quite freeing.

A thing that annoyed me or that I found tedious: ( Read more... )

Oh look, there is a comma in the sub-title, so this fills one of my 52 book reading challenge prompts of 2026.