앗싸 가오리! (God I hope I spelled that right.) Well, there’s good news and then there’s more work—but hey, no bad news. I’ve finished the first draft of my foreigner-in-Korea ghost story novel, which currently had no proper title though the working title is “Dead Abroad.” (I know, it sucks… I need to find a title for this thing.) I don’t want to get into more detail about it for now. Partly, I’m just tired of typing. It’s 270-some pages, about 80 or 90 of which I’ve written in the last 5 or 6 very productive and inspired nights. Whew! …
Month: February 2005
GYUNGBOK PALACE: HISTORY, CONTROVERSY, GEOMANCY
Whilst spelunking the Marmot’s Hole (the history section) I followed a chain of links to this beautiful essay: Gyungbok (or Kyungbok) Palace: History, Controversy, Geomancy – by Minsoo Kang. It’s definitely worth a look, and I shall hold it in my mind when I am reworking the draft of the novel which, come hell or high water, I will finish this week. (Er, I hope, tonight.)
Open Letters to People or Entities Who Are Unlikely To Respond
Ever want to write an open letter to someone you figured would never read it anyway, or would never respond if they did read it? McSweeney’s has a place for you to do just that.
Schell on Zhao
Orville Schell is someone I’ve read some work by, and I thought highly of it. Here he comments on the passing of Zhao Ziyang. via Peking Duck, who also has some other potentially bad news from Cathay.
Paani
Hear of this new Indian movie? Water, the movie. A film by Shekhar Kapur: Thirty-five years in the future in a city of 20 Million, when the Water Wars have begun between those that have it and those that don’t, a young, impetuous renegade falls in love with the one girl he seemingly can’t have. Ah, yes, I dooooo want to see that. Water wars, man. Water wars!