Keenan’s Musings
SFF Author Bingo
I was bored the other day, and was looking for some new things to read. My bookclub seems to be revolving around the same handful of books at the moment, and I wanted some fresh inspriation, so I played author bingo. This was my card: I proceeded to fill it with one...
My TBR pile is getting out of hand
A while ago I decided my bookshelves need re-organizing. They used to be more or less in order (separate shelves for mystery, fantasy, gardening, and so on), but since the last time I moved house a lot of books have just been shoved into random shelves. SciFi next to...
Malazan
I'm reading Gardens of the Moon, the first book in the Malazan series, as a group read with my book club on goodreads.com. This is the first time I'm participating in a group reading, and it's definitely different from reading on my own. I read differently, more...
Translations
I've been translating fairytales lately. Some went well, others not so much - when I choose stories to translate, I don't always take into account how well they work in another language, or, as was the case here, in another cultural environment. It's a learning curve,...
Writing Time
I have been struggling to write anything lately. This is due to two factors. First, I simply lack the time to do so. The first half of my current manuscript was hammered out in a relatively short time while I was unemployed and looking for work. I had loads of spare...
Books to read
I've inherited a Kindle. At first I didn't get into it, as I really prefer a book in my hands, but there is a huge advantage to it: you get books for free. There are two kinds of free ebooks. First, books that have passed out of copyright into the public domain are...