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Writing tagged Books

  1. ‘Ghosts of My Life’ by Mark Fisher

    Several passages from the book noted in the hope they stick in my head longer.

  2. w/e 2023-07-16

    caroline, second-hand books, Bridge of Spies, and season one of Shrinking.

  3. Novels written and illustrated by an “AI”

    I asked some “AI”s to continue some novels’ famous first lines and generate new book covers for them.

  4. w/e 2020-10-18

    Library Takeout by MicrOpaqu3, categories of books, blogs vs newsletters, Empire Falls and Skate Kitchen.

  5. ‘Reality Hunger’ by David Shields

    I finished reading this a week ago and it’s still sitting in my head, wrapping itself around several doubts and questions that were already in residence.

  6. ‘The Actor’s Guide to Creating a Character’ by William Esper and Damon DiMarco

    My notes after reading the book.

  7. ‘Light Years’ by James Salter

    From 1975, I really enjoyed this book.

  8. ‘The Heart is a Lonely Hunter’

    I enjoyed Carson McCullers’ novel.

  9. Facing the Other Way: The Story of 4AD by Martin Aston

    My thoughts on the book about 4AD records, plus a 556 track playlist.

  10. How Soon is Now by Richard King

    A few notes about, and quotes from, the book, plus a long Spotify playlist of tracks mentioned.

  11. ‘The Actor’s Art and Craft’ by William Esper and Damon DiMarco

    My notes on the book that recounts a year’s worth of Esper teaching his variation of the Meisner acting technique.

  12. Save the Cat! by Blake Snyder

    My notes on “The Last Book on Screenwriting That You’ll Ever Need”.

  13. w/e 3 December 2017

    Mostly Larry McMurtry’s ‘Lonesome Dove’.

  14. D3.js book series dates charts

    I’ve written a thing in D3.js to draw charts that show when books in a series are set, compared with the dates on which they were published.

  15. ‘Measuring America’ by Andro Linklater

    My notes on this fascinating book about the history of mapping the continent.

  16. Buy this!

    Wondering why Amazon doesn’t have a single international page per item.

  17. Postwar by Tony Judt

    Bits of the book that jumped out at me.

  18. ‘Always Magic in the Air’ by Ken Emerson

    A review and/or notes on this book about the music that came out of New York’s Brill Building in the 1950s and 60s.

  19. Whoops! by John Lanchester

    Notes on the book about the financial crash.

  20. A Little History of the World by E.H. Gombrich

    A timeline of events mentioned in this lovely history book.

  21. Falling out of love

    The final volume of Samuel Pepys’ diary has been a disappointment. Not due to the content, but due to the shoddy printing.

  22. ‘Where Good Ideas Come From’ by Steven Johnson

    My notes on the book.

  23. Nearly future

    Thoughts on James Bridle’s post about Network Realism.

  24. ‘On Photography’ by Susan Sontag

    My notes on the book.

  25. ‘Cognitive Surplus’ by Clay Shirky

    My notes from reading the book.