I love these roundups and just looked through your back catalog. My favorite stories are the recent ones which indicates you are improving. However, I am nearly illiterate and so this actually may be bad news.
I also love that you are writing that novel, writing a novel is something that is impressive even if done poorly - like squatting 500lb with bad technique. However, I'm confident you will do it well.
Thirdly, I love that Greta Thunberg PHD story and feel it's a tragedy that it remains unpublished.
Kidding aside, this was a pretty great round-up and as a guy who plays guitar, your musical analogies were spot on.
It's nice to hear you're gonna focus a lot more on themes. Many writers such as King often say that you shouldn't worry about the themes and let it come naturally -- but that's probably not what happens when you're writing short stories as opposed to long stories, ironically enough.
Hope you achieve all your goals this year.
P.S: That Nelly Furtado/Vietnam War/ant eater/environmentalist fiction piece sounds kinda rad, why didn't you release it? Couldn't find the right angle?
I love these roundups and just looked through your back catalog. My favorite stories are the recent ones which indicates you are improving. However, I am nearly illiterate and so this actually may be bad news.
I also love that you are writing that novel, writing a novel is something that is impressive even if done poorly - like squatting 500lb with bad technique. However, I'm confident you will do it well.
Thirdly, I love that Greta Thunberg PHD story and feel it's a tragedy that it remains unpublished.
But mostly, I love you.
One must imagine Luke happy . . .
Kidding aside, this was a pretty great round-up and as a guy who plays guitar, your musical analogies were spot on.
It's nice to hear you're gonna focus a lot more on themes. Many writers such as King often say that you shouldn't worry about the themes and let it come naturally -- but that's probably not what happens when you're writing short stories as opposed to long stories, ironically enough.
Hope you achieve all your goals this year.
P.S: That Nelly Furtado/Vietnam War/ant eater/environmentalist fiction piece sounds kinda rad, why didn't you release it? Couldn't find the right angle?
Keep at it Luke, that’s a great read, much appreciated!
Love the musical analogy for learning to write. Very strong parallels. Keen going! Looking forward to your next work.