Follow Your Bliss

8 September 2010

My last entry considered The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and Lisbeth as a character. In the interim, I’ve seen the two Swedish movies based on the first two books, and I’ve come to view Mikael Blomkvist as a more dynamic, admirable character than I did at first. I think Lisbeth is so engaging that [...]

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When Fiction Gets Under Your Skin

9 August 2010

When I read the novel The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, the characters and the plot grabbed me and wouldn’t let go. I devoured The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked a Hornet’s Nest in less than a week. Several nights of reading into the wee hours of the morning did [...]

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A Slight Buzzing Sensation

20 July 2010

The world is chaotic. Sometimes it spins out of control. Other times it is slightly off kilter. Rarely do I sense that everything is as it should be. It’s a kind of anxiety, not acute but a slight nagging, as if a buzzing sound hums in the background. Life isn’t exactly right, but it’s not [...]

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This Blog is . . .

2 July 2010

I’m a writer who is interested in almost everything. More specifically, I’m interested in stories. I believe that stories shape what we do, who we are, and what we think. There are stories we tell ourselves: I’m shy; I’m outgoing; I couldn’t do that; I can do anything; I’m adventurous; I’m bad; I’m naughty; I’m [...]

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