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The Billy Elliot syndrome
Continuing my informal series on the journey of an amateur writer, I would like to speak today about the effort it takes to finish a writing project. The gruelling, excruciating, mind-warpingly hard, but at the same time supremely rewarding effort of finishing even the shortest haiku. Many people embark on the adventure of writing, and…
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Simile day
My book is finally out in the world. It happened last Friday, and since then I’ve been thinking about what it feels like. I’ve come up with many similes for all the things that have been going through my head. I’m sure most of them won’t be all that original, seeing as there have been…
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In defense of pedants, plus some good news
Pedants get a bad rep. I don’t need to go into the details of why. We’re all well aware of their modus operandi. When you’re in a group of them, speaking can become stressful. You can see them paying attention to how you’re saying things instead of to what you’re saying. I was once in…
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I finally have something in common with Proust and Borges
Having a book published is something that everyone knows is hard, debatably on a par with writing a thesis, passing a kidney stone, living with teenagers or escaping from Alcatraz. The writing process starts happily enough, but as soon as you gain awareness of what you’re getting into it becomes something different. That’s when a…
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Tiny ripples
This is going to be the first time that I create a blog. Yes, there are people out there on the internet that don’t have a blog, prefer to interact with people in person instead of through social media (having a beer is more fun in company!) and are happy to keep their opinions to…
Smyth Díaz 