This month the Librivox book club is listening to Literary Taste: How to form it, by Arnold Bennett. In that book, among other things, he lists 339 works which he believes are essential to having a sound library. The obvious question was asked: how many of these books has Librivox recorded? Can you grab your MP3 player…
Read MoreA quick note
Sorry that there’s been no new material for a while. I’m up against a deadline for a paid book contract, and so my free writing on the web needs to pause for a little while to allow me to get that finished. In other news, I’ve just finished a small role in Librivox’s Henry V,…
Read MoreA big weekend of Librivoxing and writing
So, an eventful weekend, from a writing perspective. I was kind of blocked on a project I’m working on, and my wife, listening to my complaints, said “Can you do X?” and, why yes, yes I can, so I hammered out 2 000 words today. My deadline’s late January, and I need another 15 000…
Read MoreNew Librivox read: The Autobiography of a Seaman
Thomas Cochrane was, basically, the real life Horatio Hornblower or John Aubrey. He’s the captain who stands as the foundation of the whole naval warfare genre. I’ll be reading his autobiography, and possibly his son’s biography of him as well, into audiobook format. My hope is to do one chapter a week after I attend my brother’s…
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Games From Folktales 