We begin again and end again, begin again, end again, begin again, hoping that this time it will hold a new secret, a deeper love, a more refreshing swim, a tastier mussel. Is it the search and relentlessness we seek and enjoy? Or is it an end in itself? What if Buddha was wrong and… Continue reading Daniel Adler Writes A New Chapter
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Freedom and Writing
My Granny calls me today, tells me she doesn’t like a sentence from a few blog posts ago. That’s part of traveling, meeting people, maybe falling in love, gathering stories and experience. It’s what I must do, not necessarily to write masterpieces, but to understand people, to be free. What is freedom? It’s doing what… Continue reading Freedom and Writing
What Kim Jong-il’s Death Really Means
When Kim Jong-il died the world got one step closer to 2012. He was another remnant of the aughties, a preterite totalitarian authority who no longer had any real influence or bearing upon the world order. Kim Jong-il’s death is symbolic of a new era, not only in his small country of 25 million, or… Continue reading What Kim Jong-il’s Death Really Means
The Ideal American Setting For Classic Literature
This is never-ending. I mean, I have to re-write something a hundred times before it’s close to good. I wonder if it will get easier when I’m an old man, long used to writing. I doubt it. Then I’ll lament that I have nothing more to prove, none of youth’s vigor and exuberance. Grass is… Continue reading The Ideal American Setting For Classic Literature
The Art of Writing
Genre writing is all well and good, but what about the writing that makes people remember that they’re living in the same world as the characters. I like that because, like all classic literature, it serves as a record of the past. You don’t have to be that smart to write well. It helps, but… Continue reading The Art of Writing
Daniel the Writer 