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So, first five days of Story-A-Day May have been quite good. I’ve written a story in each of them, some better, some (umm) requiring heavy editing. On average, it is just the same as if I’d written them in my normal story-a-month pace. I am running out of words though, this funny exhausted feeling I’m [...]

1. Take one moderately creepy religion/philosophy/worldview. Something that isn’t merely unacceptable or unfit for you, but something that makes you shudder every time you have to deal with it, something you would keep your kids away from, if you could. For me, it is Christianity. For you, it could be something else. 2. Take a [...]

March is so close that I hope I won’t even have pre-May anxiety attack because, well, there’s not much of pre-May available. My plan is not to write 31 actual stories but rather to develop 31 stories-in-my-mind by outlining them in handwriting, in my notebook. I don’t know how detailed these outlines will be but [...]

I must admit I’m feeling weird. After a long, looong time of trying to be obscure, after a all-too-provocative break off from Latvian literature, this month, I’ve gotten two superb writing gigs. In Latvian. Both are on the very edges of what I think I’m capable of (just perfect for me, because what’s the fun [...]