When I need a lively phrase I am rescued by the Diction Fairy, who klonks me on the nape with a backscratcher and suggests something odd but memorable.
—James Joyce
We’re joking, of course, in representing this as a quotation …
For a story to have what we consider a proper ending, it is not enough for the “real-life” events to come to an end. Instead, some form of coherence has to be brought to the reader’s attention again. The most …
Waarom lachen het beste medicijn is.
Het hebben van plezier brengt je in het “hier en nu”. Nu is de enige “tijd” die er is, op deze “momenten” ben je niet bezig met de toekomst of het …
Stella Omega
(I wrote this essay for the forums at literotica.com, back in 2012. Recently a few people asked me to bring it forward, so here it is… )
Note: Our society has become very enamored of the concept of …
