A.K. LEE

This is the first in a planned series where I examine the first few lines of a novel I enjoyed. ‘In a hole in the ground there lived a...

My memory is defective. A show with excised scenes lost to the cutting room floor. Apparently, some people have near-perfect recall. They...

Recently, I had to have one of my dental bridges replaced. It is an expensive yet necessary process, so I had to grit my teeth (ha!) and...

“The enemy isn't men, or women, it's bloody stupid people and no one has the right to be stupid.” It's already the end of August in 2021...

(Or more accurately: Audiobook review) Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism was an easy audiobook to listen to and absorb. Much...

For the most part, I don't process auditory input very well. It's a matter of attention and retention: I can't listen to one single thing...

Recently I revisited an old writer's workbook. The Writer's Workout was something I'd bought back in around 2015, with the idea that I...

All through March I binge-read World of Warcraft novels, tracking down as many titles in eBook format from my library (seriously, I love...

Fuel, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, tea. The seven essentials of a Chinese household - and salt is the first condiment listed....

I was tired of my clutter and decided to embark on an intentional decluttering exercise. Rather than just bundling up stuff I didn't like...

(initially published March 14, 2020) If you have a deep and abiding love of horror; if you have a keen eye for design; if you love the...

(initially published in May) Congratulations! You have chosen to incorporate a Mother™ in your latest piece of fiction. This is indeed a...

The year of 2020 has been challenging for practically everyone, and I think I speak for most people when I say "Good riddance!" to it. We...

I apologize for not posting much recently. Part of the absence was due to depression, taking the form of the inability to focus on...

I am a racist. Those four words are hard to admit to, let alone written to be read by anyone with internet access, but they are...

#bookreview #grimreader #death #dying I have reviewed one essay from this collection, but it occurred to me a few days after I'd posted...

#reviews #thegrimreader #essays #death #dying #plague This is a collection of writings edited by Maura Spiegel and Richard Tristman. It's...

I have been sitting on this personal achievement for a few months, but I can now share that I have accomplished a MAJOR personal goal of...

Life in Singapore goes on, even as the number of novel coronavirus (COVID19) patients increases. Most people are going about their days...

“You weren’t to blame. Violence is the fault of the one enacting it. Always.” The second book in the Tensorate series, The Red Threads of...