As someone writing in English (which isn’t my first language—Swedish is), finding the right tools to help with my writing has been quite the journey. Most editing tools seem to think they know exactly what you want to say, which is annoying enough in your native language. In English? Even more so. But then I …
As the summer sun begins to set too early again and the autumn air bothers me more and more, I think it’s time to share how my literary undertakings have been unfolding these past few months. At the start of summer, I had grand ambitions. “Write every day,” I told myself, but early on life …
Wrestling with Philosophy, Fantasy, and the Fear of a Crumbly Brain Ah, my friend! You’re waiting for me to finish my novel, while I’m still wrestling with the significant questions of life while trying to pen a tale set in the late Scandinavian Bronze Age. You see, what I’m trying to do is to mix …
I read slowly and even if I read as many books as I can over a year they amount to about one book a month in total. I’m jealous of my friends; some of them might read one or even two books a week. I simply can’t fit it into my schedule. Another problem I …