Tom Cho 曹勵善 on X (formerly Twitter): “>50,000 words were written. Felt demoralised much of the time. But draft 23 has been a breakthrough. A complete draft very close now! #blog / X” 50,000 words were written. Felt demoralised much of the time. But draft 23 has been a breakthrough. A complete draft very close now!...
Read MoreAfter spending my whole residency struggling with this fiction piece…
Tom Cho 曹勵善 on X (formerly Twitter): “After spending my whole residency struggling with this fiction piece, it’s coming together with a week to go. The drama! The relief! #blog / X” After spending my whole residency struggling with this fiction piece, it’s coming together with a week to go. The drama! The relief!...
Read MoreMonumental.
I’ll do another blog post from Japan soon but, in the interim, here: have some photos of a giant robot Buddha. This is from the Ushiku Daibutsu in the Ibaraki prefecture. It’s the biggest statue of Buddha in the world (120 metres from top to bottom, including the base) and it’s three times the size of the Statue of Liberty. Monumentalism...
Read MoreRaise money for Queensland flood relief and you just might become a god.
I’ve joined various writers from around the world in raising money for Queensland flood relief. This is via the Writers on Rafts project. The project is a really good idea. Here’s the deal: Writers on Rafts is an initiative of Queensland Writers Centre and author Rebecca Sparrow to raise money for the Queensland Premier’s Flood Relief Appeal....
Read MorePublication in The Lifted Brow + more
The first story that I have written for my new book is being published in the Australian magazine The Lifted Brow. This piece is called “What are the attributes of God?” I’ve never been published in The Lifted Brow before and I’m really looking forward to it. This is also my first publication of new work in a literary magazine for a...
Read MorePlaces to visit when I go to Japan #329
Sanrio Puroland? Check.
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