Currently Reading: The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Currently Reading: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

Currently Reading: About a Boy by Nick Hornby

Currently Reading: The Tommyknockers by Stephen King

As a technology, the book is like a hammer. That is to say, it is perfect: a tool ideally suited to its task. Hammers can be tweaked and varied but will never go obsolete. Even when builders pound nails by the thousand with pneumatic nail guns, every household needs a hammer. Likewise, the bicycle is alive and well. It was invented in a world without automobiles, and for speed and range it was quickly surpassed by motorcycles and all kinds of powered scooters. But there is nothing quaint about bicycles. They outsell cars. — James Gleick for the New York Times

How to Publish Without Perishing

Currently Reading: The Shining by Stephen King

Currently Reading: The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King

Currently Reading: Misery by Stephen King

I will be keeping an eye out for you. Remember that hope is a good thing, Red, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies. I will be hoping that this letter finds you, and finds you well.
— Peter Stevens, Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption

“We are everywhere: superfans, wonks, philes, heads, enthusiasts of the sublimely obscure. We are people who care too much about something others do not really understand. If you’ve ever been into something so much your friends wondered about your sanity, you’re a geek too.” — Fray invites submissions from artists and writers for issue two — ‘Geek: Stories of People Taking Things Too Seriously’

Geeks aren’t nerds.

Fray is a quarterly series of independently produced books. Each one will be on a central storytelling theme, and include personal stories, articles, and original art. Sounds like fun.