"All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered."
The novel I'm working on takes place throughout May and June 1702, aside from a bunch of flash-backs, so I've been posting on my Patreon some teasers of what happens there day by day. There are some parallels with Bram Stoker's Dracula, some of them...
I've been reading a splendid and passionate book on the God Pan by Paul Robichaud, and it seems to be perfectly on point with the collective re-reading of The Wind in the Willows we're doing on Twitter with a group of people. As you might...
Well, I've joined a delightful group of people on Twitter and we're engaged in a read-along of The Wind in the Willows. As you know, it's one of my favourite books of all time, and a couple of years ago I produced some of my...
I wanted to do this since last year, but I was waiting for them to do their "take one, gift one" promotion as one of my friends was interested in this as well, so on Cyber Monday I subscribed to the Masterclass platform and, of...
One of the strongest controversies I'm seeing surrounding mainstream AI systems that are able to analyse information and generate coherent text is, of course, taking place in schools. Being an instructor myself, I can't help but frown when I see teachers that are highly preoccupied with...
I've recently been reprimanded by a friend, who draw my attention to the fact that I haven't posted here for a while. Well, not reprimanded, really: it was a very sweet note inquiring whether I was ok. I'm sure the thought hasn't crossed people who follows...
Throwback from my Patreon: you can read the original article here. As some of you know, I was finally able to close a deal with a Yoruba cultural association which will act as a consultant for my novel. As such, last week I was honing the final...
Are you ready for a Norwegian Christmas tale featuring trolls, beheadings and two flowers? Tatterhood is another tale collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe, although it never saw its way into Andrew Lang's collections, and it's weird, creepy and unsettling, but I also find...
Between the moonlight and the fire In winter twilights long ago, What ghosts we raised for your desire, To make your merry blood run slow! How old, how grave, how wise we grow! No Christmas ghost can make us chill, Save those that troop in mournful row, The ghosts we all can...
Also known as Why the Sea is Salt or Why is the Sea salty? because of its most famous translation in Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book, "Kvernen som maler på havsens bunn" is a Norwegian folk tale collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe...
