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A.K. Lee
Dec 14, 20213 min read
First Lines| Good Omens
This is part of a series of posts in which I examine the first few lines of a novel I enjoyed. I was reading a slew of Neil Gaiman's...
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A.K. Lee
Oct 30, 20213 min read
About Nightmares and Dreams
What is in your mind when you are alone in the dark? Confession time: I am a horror weenie. I don't watch horror movies, I nearly always...
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A.K. Lee
Oct 28, 20213 min read
Movie Review| Venom: Let There Be Carnage, or, Two Dumbasses in Love
Venom: Let There Be Carnage is a terrible movie. Its action sequences are over-CGI'd and under choreographed, the dialogue borders on...
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A.K. Lee
Oct 24, 20213 min read
First Lines| The Hobbit
This is the first in a planned series where I examine the first few lines of a novel I enjoyed. ‘In a hole in the ground there lived a...
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A.K. Lee
Sep 27, 20215 min read
Scenes from My Supposed Life (or notes on a defective memory)
My memory is defective. A show with excised scenes lost to the cutting room floor. Apparently, some people have near-perfect recall. They...
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A.K. Lee
Aug 31, 20212 min read
The Shame of Asking
Recently, I had to have one of my dental bridges replaced. It is an expensive yet necessary process, so I had to grit my teeth (ha!) and...
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A.K. Lee
Aug 31, 20213 min read
Book Review| Monstrous Regiment
“The enemy isn't men, or women, it's bloody stupid people and no one has the right to be stupid.” It's already the end of August in 2021...
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A.K. Lee
Jul 1, 20213 min read
Book Review| Goodbye, Things
(Or more accurately: Audiobook review) Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism was an easy audiobook to listen to and absorb. Much...
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A.K. Lee
Jul 1, 20212 min read
On Audiobooks
For the most part, I don't process auditory input very well. It's a matter of attention and retention: I can't listen to one single thing...
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A.K. Lee
Apr 26, 20212 min read
Working on Writing
Recently I revisited an old writer's workbook. The Writer's Workout was something I'd bought back in around 2015, with the idea that I...
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A.K. Lee
Apr 26, 20212 min read
Lok'tar ogar!
All through March I binge-read World of Warcraft novels, tracking down as many titles in eBook format from my library (seriously, I love...
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A.K. Lee
Feb 28, 20211 min read
Book Review| Salt: A World History
Fuel, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, tea. The seven essentials of a Chinese household - and salt is the first condiment listed....
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A.K. Lee
Feb 28, 20211 min read
一日丢一物 Daily Discards
I was tired of my clutter and decided to embark on an intentional decluttering exercise. Rather than just bundling up stuff I didn't like...
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A.K. Lee
Jan 1, 20214 min read
The Alchemy of Story
(initially published March 14, 2020) If you have a deep and abiding love of horror; if you have a keen eye for design; if you love the...
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A.K. Lee
Jan 1, 20214 min read
So You Want to Write a Mother
(initially published in May) Congratulations! You have chosen to incorporate a Mother™ in your latest piece of fiction. This is indeed a...
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A.K. Lee
Jan 1, 20212 min read
Through Broken Glass
The year of 2020 has been challenging for practically everyone, and I think I speak for most people when I say "Good riddance!" to it. We...
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A.K. Lee
Aug 29, 20205 min read
My Father.
I apologize for not posting much recently. Part of the absence was due to depression, taking the form of the inability to focus on...
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A.K. Lee
Jun 10, 20204 min read
Challenging My Biases
I am a racist. Those four words are hard to admit to, let alone written to be read by anyone with internet access, but they are...
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A.K. Lee
Apr 8, 20203 min read
Book Review| The Grim Reader (Pt 2)
#bookreview #grimreader #death #dying I have reviewed one essay from this collection, but it occurred to me a few days after I'd posted...
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A.K. Lee
Mar 28, 20205 min read
Book Review| The Grim Reader: Writings on Death, Dying, and Living On
#reviews #thegrimreader #essays #death #dying #plague This is a collection of writings edited by Maura Spiegel and Richard Tristman. It's...
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