Just another writer
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Writerly resolutions: March status
This was a terribly unproductive month for my writing. It turns out it still hurts to do things like operate a pencil or scissors. The latter is mostly helpful for things like opening packages, but the former is something I like to do for revising. I did manage to finally finish revisions on chapter two…
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2025 Tournament of Books: The Extinction of Irena Rey vs. James
This would have been my finals matchup had the judging gone my way. Instead, these two books face off in the zombie round. James, as I’ve said every time it comes up, is the best book of 2024, the one that people will be reading decades in the future. The Extinction of Irena Rey, as good…
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2025 Tournament of Books: The Extinction of Irena Rey vs. Margo’s Got Money Troubles/The Wedding People
The official match-up this round is an easy choice for me. I found the formal experimentation of Margo’s Got Money Troubles to be intrusive and irritating while the formal experimentation of The Extinction of Irena Rey seemed delightful to me. It seems an easy choice to advance The Extinction of Irena Rey. Meanwhile in a parallel universe If…
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2025 Tournament of Books: Liars/The Wedding People vs. Margo’s Got Money Troubles
The one match of the quarterfinals where I did not successfully choose the matchup, thanks to Liars getting the nod over The Wedding People. So in the real-life matchup, we have Liars over Margo’s Got Money Troubles and while Margo has occasional issues with its structure, it at least didn’t feel like a giant lump of undigested autobiography like Liars did,…
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2025 Tournament of Books: The History of Sound vs. The Extinction of Irena Rey
Another quarterfinals match-up where it’s books I’ve picked to advance, sparing me the trip to the alternate universe. This time it’s The History of Sound vs The Extinction of Irena Rey. This is perhaps the toughest match-up for me to pick a winner on. Both books are excellent and flawed in their own ways. It’s almost a…