books
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The Musty and the Dusty
Bland consumerism is not my cup of tea. Faddy materialism does not provide me glee but for the musty and the dusty I’ll take a second look. Continue reading
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The End of an Era
This year, I skipped my regular birthday blog. I will also be abandoning the annual year-end reflection post. These things don’t speak to my heart anymore. Continue reading
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Vulnerability is Not Weakness
Falling in love with our Day Two, I believe, is something everyone should learn. I read on my Twitter timeline someone saying we’re not in an “information age” but rather an “entertainment age”. So living in the entertainment age, everyone’s become more interested in the problem and the solution/the happy ending, but people these days… Continue reading
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Do You Celebrate Your Small Victories?
Sometimes, a small step in the right direction can require as much as courage and faith as doing something big. Without taking small, tiny steps, a toddler could not learn to walk. Without small bricks put on top of each other, there would not be a house. Without the small seeds and saplings, a forest… Continue reading
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Dear Samuel
Dear Samuel, dear Samuel, why yes, I love thee! Be my pen father. Break the child in me. Dear Samuel, dear Samuel, your secret, do tell. Don’t doubt my worship. Know that I mean well. Continue reading
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Why?
How fascinating can life be? If your eyes and mind are both open, you will see a grand design for your life. Things happen for a reason. Series of events are related to each other, no such thing as a coincidence. Every place you’ve been to, every person you’ve met, and everything you have done,… Continue reading
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Are Writers and Readers Secretive?
When I read a book, I get transported to a different world all by myself. Immersed in a new setting, I get to know characters I wouldn’t expect to meet in real life. I shape the characters in ways I prefer, sometimes obeying the writer’s commands and sometimes not, giving myself full control. Anything that… Continue reading
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‘The Lion Eating the Sun’ Table of Contents
The ‘Pokémon Sun’ and ‘Moon’ games introduced 88 new Pokémon in the franchise. The ‘Lion Eating the Sun’ had 88 poems. This parallel was not a coincidence. Continue reading
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Should You Own a Physical or Digital Library?
Are you thinking of building your own library? If yes, what is the better option? Should you build a traditional physical library or a digital one? Let us list down the pros of both types. Continue reading
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My Book “Walden and Hyde (and Other Short Stories)” is Now Free Forever
On March 2016, I released my first self-published fiction book “Walden and Hyde (and Other Short Stories)”. It was the spinoff/sequel partner book of my then upcoming debut novel “I Killed My Friends and It Thrilled Me”. Three years later, I am giving it free to the world. Continue reading
Xeno Hemlock 